| 词条 | John Whitchurch Bennett |
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John Whitchurch Bennett (28 July 1790 – 10 June 1853)[1] was a British army officer, official and printer, known as a naturalist. LifeBennett served in the Royal Marines from 1806 to 1815. He transferred to the British Army in 1815, and in 1816 was posted to Ceylon. He served there to 1827.[1] His rank in 1815 was 2nd lieutenant; he was placed on half-pay in 1819.[2] With a civil service appointment in Ceylon, he served in junior posts, and then was appointed magistrate of the Mahagampattu district, at Galle and Hambantota on the south coast of the island, in 1826.[3][4][5] When in 1827 Bennett left Ceylon, it was under a cloud: he had been accused of financial mismanagement.[6] In 1828 he was again placed on half-pay, for the 3rd Ceylon Regiment.[7] In 1829 Bennett was listed as a Fellow of the Linnean Society, with a London address in Prospect Place, and given as a Fellow of the Horticultural Society.[8] In 1830 he petitioned Parliament to look into the conduct of Sir Edward Barnes, as Governor of Ceylon.[9] In 1837, he appealed to Sir Alexander Johnston for support.[3] Working as a printer, he suffered bankruptcy in 1839, and was confined to the Fleet Prison.[10] WorksBennett wrote:
FamilyBennett married in 1815 Frances Luttrell Moriarty.[17] Notes1. ^1 {{cite book|last=Pethiyagoda|first=Rohan|title=Pearls, Spices, and Green Gold: An Illustrated History of Biodiversity Exploration in Sri Lanka|accessdate=22 October 2017|year=2007|publisher=WHT Publications|page=111}} {{commons category}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, John Whitchurch}}2. ^{{cite book|last=Office|first=Great Britain. War|title=A List of the Officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dgUcAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA620|accessdate=22 October 2017|year=1821|page=620}} 3. ^1 J. W. Toussaint, Literature and the Ceylon Civil Service (1931) (PDF), pp.120–1 4. ^1 {{cite book|last=Saunders|first=Brian Greig|title=Discovery of Australia's Fishes: A History of Australian Ichthyology to 1930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2PodXOKpGp8C&pg=PA68|accessdate=22 October 2017|year=2012|publisher=Csiro Publishing|isbn=9780643106703|pages=68–9}} 5. ^{{cite book|title=Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z6sTAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA112|volume=87|year=2005|publisher=Royal College of Surgeons of England|page=112}} 6. ^{{cite book|last=Harris|first=Elizabeth|title=Theravada Buddhism and the British Encounter: Religious, Missionary and Colonial Experience in Nineteenth Century Sri Lanka|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ugIS0N8Ez84C&pg=PA44|accessdate=22 October 2017|date=2006-04-18|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134196258|page=44}} 7. ^{{cite book|last=Britain|first=Great|title=The London Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ABJKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA50|accessdate=22 October 2017|year=1828|publisher=T. Neuman|page=50}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/listoflinneansoc00linn#page/n298/mode/1up/|title=List of the Linnean Society of London|work=Internet Archive|accessdate=22 October 2017}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/commons-jrnl/vol85/pp413-420|title=House of Commons Journal Volume 85: 13 May 1830, British History Online}} 10. ^{{cite book|title=Comprising Reports of Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, and Common Pleas, from 1822 to 1835: And Law Journal Reports Divided Into Equity and Bankruptcy Cases. Common Law Cases 1836-1858|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCtFAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA4|year=1839|page=4}} 11. ^{{cite book|last=Bennett|first=John Whitchurch|title=A Selection from the Most Remarkable and Interesting Fishes Found on the Coast of Ceylon: From Drawings Made in the Southern Part of that Island, from the Living Specimens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6wxJAAAAcAAJ|accessdate=22 October 2017|year=1830|publisher=Longman}} 12. ^{{cite book|last=Bennett|first=John Whitchurch|title=The Coco-nut Palm, Its Uses and Cultivation ... As Adapted for the General Benefit in Our West Indian and African Colonies...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=76NY3_auMNkC|accessdate=22 October 2017|year=1836|publisher=Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper}} 13. ^{{cite book|last=Bennett|first=John Whitchurch|title=Ceylon and Its Capabilities: An Account of Its Natural Resources, Indigenous Productions, and Commercial Facilities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MjknSI4QVg0C|accessdate=22 October 2017|year=1843|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=9788120611689}} 14. ^{{cite book|last1=Brisbane|first1=Katherine|last2=Chaturvedi|first2=Ravi|last3=Majumdar|first3=Ramendu|last4=Pong |first4=Chua Soo |last5=Tanokura |first5=Minoru |title=The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Volume 5: Asia/Pacific|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2qKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA523|accessdate=22 October 2017|date=2005-08-16|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134929788|page=523}} 15. ^{{cite book|last=Bennett|first=John-W.|title=Ceylon and Its Capabilities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9UbJx5bh-IC&pg=PA101|accessdate=22 October 2017|year=1843|pages=101–2}} 16. ^{{cite book|last1=Rubin|first1=Don|last2=Pong|first2=Chua Soo|last3=Chaturvedi|first3=Ravi|last4=Majundar |first4=Ramendu |last5=Tanokura |first5=Minoru|title=The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Asia/Pacific|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=maGU4ziPQJQC&pg=PA420|accessdate=22 October 2017|year=2001|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9780415260879|page=420}} 17. ^{{cite book|title=The Monthly Magazine: Or, British Register ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nGg3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA95|year=1815|pages=95–6}} 6 : 1790 births|1853 deaths|Royal Marines officers|British Army officers|British naturalists|Fellows of the Linnean Society of London |
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