Joseph Sabine
Botanist, Deceased Person
1770 – 1837
Who was Joseph Sabine?
Joseph Sabine FRS was an English lawyer, naturalist and writer on horticulture.
He was born into a prominent Anglo-Irish family in Tewin, Hertfordshire, the eldest son of Joseph Sabine. His younger brother was Sir Edward Sabine.
Sabine practiced law until 1808, when he was appointed Inspector General of Taxes, a position he held until 1835. He had a lifelong interest in natural history and was an original fellow of the Linnean Society, elected on 7 November 1779.
He was honorary secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1810 to 1830, and treasurer, and received their gold medal for organising the accounts left in a state of disarray by Richard Anthony Salisbury. The society's gardens at Hammersmith, then Chiswick, were established under his guidance. He sent David Douglas and others to collect specimens, and initiated local societies as extensions of the society. He contributed around forty papers for their Transactions, on garden flowers and vegetables. His management of the accounts led to large debts, and after a threat of censure by a committee he resigned in 1830.
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- Born
- Jun 6, 1770
Tewin - Siblings
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Died
- Jan 24, 1837
London
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on July 23, 2013
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