James Yate Johnson
1820–1900
naturalist · jurist · writer · foreign resident
English naturalist and jurist who settled in Madeira after 1850 for his lung health and died in Funchal in 1900. He published many studies of Madeiran fishes, crustaceans, corals and plants, named the genus Funchalia, and his herbarium is kept at the Funchal Seminary museum.
1Mentioned in
- Anthozoans — Naturalist who published several papers (1861–1899) describing sea anemones and new corals from Madeira.
- Insects — English naturalist who counted 1,331 insect species in the Madeira archipelago, the base figure cited here.
- Funchalia — English naturalist long resident in Funchal who named the genus Funchalia after the city.
- Busk (George) — Collector who supplied Busk with the Madeiran polyzoan specimens in 1859–60.
- Bryozoans — Naturalist who studied Madeiran bryozoans.
- Seminary Museum — Late naturalist whose collections of mosses and flowering plants are held in the Seminary museum.
- The English — British naturalist who studied Madeiran natural history.
- Mitten (William) — Naturalist whose Madeiran moss collections Mitten studied.
- White (Roberto) — Edited and enlarged the 1857 second edition of White's book.
- Carcinology — Naturalist who described new Madeiran decapod species in 1861 and 1867.
- Leste — Naturalist who found six species of diatoms in dust carried to Madeira by the leste.
- Hail — English naturalist who put the permanent snow line at Madeira's latitude at 3,450 metres.
- Luisier (Father Alphonse) — Former owner of a bryological collection later held by the Seminary Museum and studied by Luisier.
- Herbaria — Botanist whose small herbarium of rare species and moss collection are in the Funchal Seminary Museum.
2Chronology
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James Yate Johnson came to Madeira seeking relief for lung disease.
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James Yate Johnson edited and published the second edition of Robert White's 'Madeira, its climate and scenery'.
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James Yate Johnson collected polyzoa at Madeira for George Busk.
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James Yate Johnson published notes on the sea anemones of Madeira.
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James Yate Johnson described a new Cancer species from Madeira.
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James Yate Johnson described the new penaeid genus Funchalia from Madeira in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society.
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The naturalist James Yate Johnson died in Funchal, aged about 80.
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James Yate Johnson's herbarium was recorded as being in good condition at the Seminary Museum in Funchal.
3Places mentioned
Abroad