Richard Brinsley Hinds
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Richard Brinsley Hinds FRCS |
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| Born |
11 October 1811 Aldermaston, England |
| Died | 25 May 1846 (aged 34) Swan River, Western Australia |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Naval surgeon, botanist, malacologist |
| Notable work | The Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur (1844) The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur (1844) |
Richard Brinsley Hinds FRCS (11 October 1811, Aldermaston, England – 25 May 1846, Swan River, Western Australia) was a British naval surgeon, botanist and malacologist. He sailed on the 1835-42 voyage by HMS Sulphur to explore the Pacific Ocean, and edited the natural history reports of that expedition.
Hinds was born at Aldermaston on 11 October 1811, the eldest child of Richard Hinds, a surgeon in the Royal Navy, and his wife, Susannah (nėe Ridley). In 1829, he began studying at St Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1830, he matriculated at London University, where he gained an honours degree. He is reported to have been awarded the Gold Medal of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries for botany, but no record of that seems to have survived. In 1833, he was accepted as a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons.
On 28 February 1835, he joined the Royal Navy with the rank of Assistant Surgeon, and was appointed to the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar. On 26 September 1835, he was appointed surgeon in HMS Sulphur. That ship was to be employed as a hydrographic surveying vessel in the Pacific Ocean, and her officers were chosen for their scientific abilities, particularly in natural history. On 24 December 1835, she sailed from Plymouth, to circumnavigate the globe in the westerly direction; on 19 July 1842, she arrived again in England, at Spithead.
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