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Richard Thomas Lowe
Ricardo Tomás Lowe
1802–1874
naturalist · clergyman · writer
The Reverend Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874) was an English clergyman and naturalist who lived in Madeira from 1826 to 1852 and produced foundational works on its fishes, flora and molluscs. He was chaplain of the British church in Funchal, and the Elucidário calls him the foreigner who rendered the greatest scientific services to Madeira.
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- The English — British naturalist praised for studying Madeira's natural history.
- Flora — British botanist who proposed the four altitudinal vegetation zones of Madeira and was one of the two botanists who studied its flora most fully.
- English churches — English botanist who served as chaplain of the Anglican church opened in Rua dos Aranhas in 1848.
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