Dawson Turner

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Dawson Turner (18 October 1775 - 21 June 1858) was an English banker, botanist and antiquary.

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[edit] Early life

Turner was the son of James Turner and Elizabeth Cotman, the only daughter of the mayor of Yarmouth John Cotman.

[edit] Career

He was taught by the botanist Robert Forby.

The standard botanical author abbreviation Turner is applied to plants described by this botanist, who should also appear on this list.

[edit] Personal life

In 1796 he married Mary Palgrave and they had 11 children:

  • Maria Dawson Turner (1797–1872), married William Jackson Hooker
  • Harriet Turner (1806–1869), married John Gunn the clergyman-naturalist
  • Elizabeth Turner (1799–1852), married Francis Palgrave (né Cohen), who took the Palgrave upon conversion to Christianity.
  • Eleanor Jane Turner (1811–1895), the youngest daughter, married William Jacobson.
  • Dawson William Turner (1815-1885), their only son, was an educationalist.
  • six further children.

[edit] Later life

Turner died in 1858, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.

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