| 词条 | Joshua Brookes |
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| name = Joshua Brookes | image = Joshua Brookes by Thomas Phillips.jpg | alt = | caption = Joshua Brookes, by Thomas Phillips, 1815 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1761|11|24}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1833|01|10|1761|11|24}} | death_place = | nationality = British | other_names = | occupation = British anatomist and naturalist | years_active = | known_for = Fellow of the Royal Society | notable_works = }} Joshua Brookes (24 November 1761 – 10 January 1833) was a British anatomist and naturalist. Early lifeBrookes studied under William Hunter, William Hewson, Andrew Marshall, and John Sheldon, in London. He then attended the practice of Antoine Portal and other eminent surgeons at the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris.[1] Brookesian MuseumBrookes became a teacher of anatomy in London, and the founder of the Brookesian Museum of Comparative Anatomy. This private museum is described in the 1830 catalogue Museum Brookesianum.[2] Later lifeElected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819, Brookes gave up teaching in 1826, in bad health. After vainly endeavouring to dispose of his museum collection entire, he sold it off piecemeal. The final sale took place on 1 March 1830, and on 22 following days. He died 10 January 1833, in Great Portland Street, London.[1] WorksBrookes was the first to place the Cheetah in its own genus, which he established in 1828 as Acinonyx. His published writings included:[1]
LegacyThe generic name, Brookesia, is in honor of Joshua Brookes.[3] References
Notes{{commonscat}}1. ^1 2 {{cite DNB|wstitle=Brookes, Joshua (1761-1833)|volume=6}} 2. ^{{cite book|title=Museum Brookesianum : a descriptive and historical catalogue of the remainder of the anatomical & zootomical museum, of Joshua Brookes, Esq. F.R.S. F.L.S. F.Z.S. &c.|date=1830|publisher=[London] : Printed by Richard Taylor|url=https://archive.org/details/b22394412|accessdate=28 September 2017}} 3. ^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. ("Brookes", p. 40).
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