British born new zealand botanist who collected in sri lanka and the himalayas (1839-1906).
Thomas Wrench Naylor Beckett (24 July 1839 Liverpool – 5 December 1906 "Elbedde", Fendalton) was an English-born coffee and tea planter in Ceylon and a noted botanist and bryologist, who collected specimens there and in the north-western Himalaya between 1882 and c.1900. He did not publish any account of the mosses he collected while in Ceylon – many of his specimens though are recorded in Max Fleischer's "Musci der Flora von Buitenzorg". He emigrated to New Zealand where he also collected. His main pteridophyte collection is at World Museum Liverpool. His bryophyte material at Kew was transfe
Abbreviations: Beckett
Occupations: horticulturist, bryologist, coffee grower, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Dates: 1838-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Liverpool
Direct attributions: 6 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 13 plants, 0 fungi