George Brettingham Sowerby I

George Brettingham Sowerby I (12.V.1788 - 26.VII.1854), British naturalist, illustrator and conchologist.

• Son of James Sowerby, brother of James de Carle Sowerby and Charles Edward Sowerby, father of George Brettingham Sowerby II, uncle of James Sowerby and John Edward Sowerby, grandfather of George Brettingham Sowerby III, great-granduncle of Arthur de Carle Sowerby.
  
• Abbreviation : Sowerby I.

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• 17 taxon names authored by George Brettingham Sowerby I

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• 1823. The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students in Conchology and Geology, with 264 original plates by James Sowerby, continued by J. de C. Sowerby, (18): 2 vol., (not paginated in original, added later) Reference page. 

• 1821–1834. The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1–126 [1821–1825]; vol. 2, pls 127–262 + text (unpaginated) [1825–1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. BHL. Reference page. 

• 1825. On a new genus of cirripedes. The Zoological Journal 2(6): 244–245. BHL Reference page. 

• 1827: The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students in conchology and geology. London. Google books Reference page. 

• Broderip, W.J., 1829. Observations on new or intersting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. The Zoological Journal. 4: 359-379. [1] Reference page. 

• Sowerby G.B., 1832. Characters and descriptions of new species of Mollusca and Conchifera collected by Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. 1832(2): 25-33 (link).

• 1833. Characters of new species of mollusca and Conchifera, collected by Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1: 16, 34, 54, 70, 82, 134. BHL.
• Sowerby G.B., 1833. New species of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.

• 1846. Appendix to Part II: Description of the Tertiary fossil shells from South America, 605-627. In Darwin, C. (ed.), Geological Observations on the Volcanics Islands and Parts of South America Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘‘Beagle.’’ Appleton, London. BHL Reference page. 

• Sowerby G.B., 1852. A conchological manual.

• Petit, R.E. 2009. George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and Molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 . PDF (WoRMS). Reference page.