Lansdown Guilding (9 May 1797 – 22 October 1831) was a theologian and naturalist . He is best known for his works on the flora and fauna of St Vincent in particular and on the Caribbean in general. He wrote numerous illustrated papers for journals of scholarly societies in England including the first descriptions of velvet worms and scale insects in the ground pearl family.
16-1223: Lansdowne or Lansdown may refer to: People [ edit ] Lansdown Guilding (1797–1831), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines naturalist and engraver Fenwick Lansdowne (1937–2008), Canadian wildlife artist George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666–1735) Marquess of Lansdowne , title in the Peerage of Great Britain William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne , William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, (1737–1805), prime minister 1782–83 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845–1927), Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Peter Lansdown (born 1947), Welsh ornithologist Zachary Lansdowne (1888–1925), American naval officer and aviator Places [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Lansdowne, New South Wales , Sydney Lansdowne, New South Wales (Mid-Coast Council) Lansdowne, Northern Territory Lansdowne, Queensland , locality in
32-567: A " Table of Colours Arranged for Naturalists " in 1825 which may have been the first biological colour chart. This production was submitted to the Wernerian Natural History Society, where it was presented by the president, Professor Robert Jameson . He corresponded with Charles Darwin , providing him with notes on the natural history of the Caribbean region. In 1826, Guilding published the first description of
48-477: A B.A. degree, he returned to his home country. His father died in 1818, and he took up work as garrison chaplain and left for England in 1819. In 1821, Guilding travelled to England to marry Mary Hunt, daughter of the Rev. S. Hunt, rector of Wakerly and St. George's Church, Stamford. From 1824 to 1826 he disputed with Robert Herries for the right to payment for paupers' funerals. Herries claimed that Guilding had expunged
64-991: A former sports stadium in Dublin whose site is occupied by the current Aviva Stadium New Caledonia [ edit ] Lansdowne Bank New Zealand [ edit ] Lansdowne, Christchurch , a locality south of Christchurch Lansdowne, Masterton South Africa [ edit ] Lansdowne, Cape Town United Kingdom [ edit ] Lansdown, Bath Lansdown Crescent, Bath Lansdown, Charlcombe , hamlet near Bath Lansdowne, Bournemouth Lansdown, Cheltenham Lansdowne Crescent, London Lansdowne House , London Lansdowne School , London Lansdowne College , London Lansdowne Club , London Lansdowne Primary School , Cardiff, Wales United States [ edit ] Lansdowne, Lexington , Kentucky Lansdowne, Maryland Lansdowne (Centreville, Maryland) Lansdowne-Baltimore Highlands, Maryland Lansdowne (Natchez, Mississippi) ,
80-757: A historic home Other uses [ edit ] Battle of Lansdowne , 1643 Lansdown (film) , 2002 film Lansdowne Bridge (Pakistan) Lansdown Cricket Club , Bath, England Lansdowne Football Club , rugby football club in Ireland Lansdowne letter , written by Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne Lansdowne manuscripts , a named collection of the British Library Lansdowne portrait , of George Washington Lansdowne Press , Australian publishing house Lansdowne Road , former stadium in Dublin, Ireland Lansdowne station (disambiguation) , stations of
96-481: A member of the phylum Onychophora . He found what he thought was an unusual type of slug, and included it along with his Caribbean mollusks. He named this genus Peripatus (1826). He included an excellent watercolor painting of the specimen, and a mention to the defensive mechanism of sticky liquid squirts. A translation into English from Guilding's description, originally written in Latin, shows how he first classified
112-529: A plantation Lansdowne station (MBTA) on MBTA Commuter Rail's Framingham/Worcester Line Lansdowne, New Jersey Lansdown (Pittstown, New Jersey) , nearby historic house listed on the NRHP Lansdowne Airport , Ohio Lansdowne House (Greenville, Ohio) Lansdowne, Pennsylvania East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania Lansdowne, Virginia Lansdowne (Urbanna, Virginia) , a historic home Lansdowne (Fredericksburg, Virginia) ,
128-538: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lansdown Guilding Guilding was born on 9 May 1797 in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines . He was one of six siblings, son of the Reverend John Guilding and his wife Sarah. In 1802, at the age of 5, he was sent to England, where he studied at Oxford University. In 1817, after receiving
144-794: The Blackall-Tambo Region Lansdowne County , Western Australia Canada [ edit ] Lansdowne, Edmonton , Alberta Lansdowne, Nova Scotia Lansdowne, Ontario Lansdowne (electoral district) , Manitoba Lansdowne Avenue , Toronto, Ontario Lansdowne Park , Ottawa, Ontario Lansdowne Centre , Richmond, British Columbia Lansdowne, Yukon India [ edit ] Lansdowne, India , cantonment town in Uttarakhand Lansdowne (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency) Lansdowne Road , Kolkata, now known as Sarat Bose Road Ireland [ edit ] Lansdowne Road ,
160-598: The college was originally the Bournemouth Municipal College which opened in 1913. It is a listed building and is known for its clock tower (said to be an 'eyesore' when first built). A public library was part of the building until 2002. A small number of 'Horsa huts' were built in the 1940s and a large three-floor extension opened in 1957. In 1960 it took over the former Bournemouth School for Girls buildings which were two old Victorian houses (Ascham House [listed building] and Woodcote) which were used as
176-584: The minutes of some meetings to change the vote of a vestry election, causing Herries to lose his position. Guilding stated that it was "just a misunderstanding”. In 1818, Guilding was accepted as Fellow of the Linnean Society, and by 1820 he was corresponding with Joseph Dalton Hooker , Aylmer Bourke Lambert and other established scientists. Hooker wrote that Guilding was "an arrogant, demanding, ambitious, and often conceited individual, all too ready to ask for unusual favors". His first zoological paper
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208-639: The school when it opened in 1917. On 3 May 1961 The Downstairs Club , Bournemouth's first full-time rock and jazz club, opened in Holdenhurst road just off Lansdowne roundabout. In 2020, the Buzz Bingo in Lansdowne was closed. In 2023, plans for residential redevelopment were announced. In November 2023, plans were announced to demolish Holland House in Oxford Road and replace it with what
224-655: The specimen in the Class Moluska, and how astonished he was for discovering a new species. He was also among the first to describe scale insects of the ground pearl family, Margarodidae . Guilding's announced "Fauna" and "Pomona occidentalis" were never completed. The manuscripts were lost, together with his table of colors. Guilding's first wife died "in childbed” on 15 November 1827, leaving five children behind. A year later he married Charlotte Lydia Melville, of St. George's, Grenada. In 1831 he went on vacation to Bermuda , where he died on 22 October. The cause of death
240-532: Was not recorded. Lansdowne, Bournemouth Lansdowne is a suburb of Bournemouth . It occupies the north-east part of the main built-up area around Bournemouth Town Centre . It is home to Lansdowne Campus of Bournemouth University , which is where the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences are based. Lansdowne is also home to lots of Student Accommodation, hosting several thousand BU students. Bournemouth and Poole College has its largest campus here,
256-601: Was read at the Linnean Society and published in 1822. Guilding was a capable artist of plant and animal drawings. He prided himself on the accuracy of his work and his use of color. When his work was redrawn he criticized both the artist and the engraver. His book “An Account of the Botanic Gardens of the Island of St. Vincent” was published in Glasgow in 1825. Guilding was an excellent artist and engraver and he produced
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