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Thomas Garnier

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Thomas Garnier
Garnier in 1861 by Camille Silvy
Born(1776-02-26)26 February 1776
Rookesbury, Hampshire, England
Died29 June 1873(1873-06-29) (aged 97)
Winchester, England
Other namesThomas Garnier the Elder
Education
Occupation(s)Clergyman, botanist
SpouseMary Parry
Children8, including Thomas and John
FatherGeorge Charles Garnier

Thomas Garnier the Elder FLS (26 February 1776 – 29 June 1873) was an English clergyman and botanist. He was Dean of Winchester from 1840 to 1872.

The Dean Garnier Garden in Winchester text
The Dean Garnier Garden in Winchester.

Life

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Thomas Garnier was born in Rookesbury, Hampshire, on 26 February 1776, the son of George Charles (1739–1819) and Margaret Garnier (d. 1807); his family was of Huguenot origin.[1] He was educated at Hyde Abbey School and matriculated at Worcester College, Oxford, in 1793; he became a Fellow of All Souls College and graduated BCL 1800 and DCL 1850.[2][3] He was appointed Rector of Bishopstoke, Hampshire, in 1807, retaining this with the deanery.[3]

At Worcester College, Garnier's tutor was Stephen Long Jacob, who is said to have given him a taste for gardening. In 1798, encouraged by Sir Joseph Banks, he joined the Linnean Society of London.[4] He was a founding member of the Hampshire Horticultural Society in 1818. Dean Garnier's Garden in Winchester's cathedral close is named after him.

In the 1860s, he was an 'anti-muckabite' campaigner for a sewerage system for Winchester. The road to the town's first sewerage pumping station was later named after him.

Garnier was a friend of Palmerston and a staunch Whig. He died in Winchester on 29 June 1873.[1]

Family

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In 1805, Garnier married Mary Parry, daughter of Caleb Hillyer Parry M.D. They had four sons and four daughters.[1] Of the sons:

References

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  1. ^ a b c Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1890). "Garnier, Thomas (1776-1873)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 21. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Garnier, Thomas (1)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ a b Crockford's Clerical Directory appendix, 1861. (p. 16)
  4. ^ Garnier, Arthur Edmund (1900). The Chronicles of the Garniers of Hampshire during four centuries, 1530-1900. Norwich & London: Jarrold & sons, The Empire press. p. 39.
  5. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Garnier, Thomas (2)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  6. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Garnier, John" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
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