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Darwin Correspondence Project

Henry Honywood Dombrain

1818–1905

Clergyman and botanist. Perpetual curate of St George’s, Deal, Kent. A regular contributor to the Journal of Horticulture, to which CD subscribed; CD responded in the journal to a query from Dombrain about variation in Auricula.

Sources

Clergy list

R. Desmond 1994

Correspondence vol. 9, letter to the Journal of Horticulture, [before 18 June 1861]

Bibliography

Clergy list: The clergy list … containing an alphabetical list of the clergy. London: C. Cox [and others]. 1841–89.

Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.

Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.

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