Henry Brougham Guppy

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Born in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, December 23, 1854

Known for: Writer of Homes of Family Names in Great Britain, published in 1890, and numberous publications on botanical and anthropological subjects, especially the south Pacific.
Other:

Some of his publications:

  • The Solomon Islands and Their Natives, London, 1887
  • 1866. On the lingual dentition of some west-indian Gasteropoda
  • The Solomon Islands: Their Geology General Features and Suitability for Colonization, Swan Sonnenscheim Lowrey, 1887
  • Homes of Family Names in Great Britain, London: Harrison and Sons, 1890
  • Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, London, 1903-1906
  • Studies in Seeds and Fruits, An Investigation with the Balance,. Williams and Norgate, 1912
  • Plants, Seeds and Currents in the West Indies and the Azores, The Results of Investigations Carried Out in Those Regions Between 1906 and 1914 Williams and Norgate, 1917

Family:

(details of his family history can be found here)

Wife: never married

Father: Thomas Stokes Guppy, Physcian in general practice, born in Sidbury, Devon, England, lived in Palmouth, Cornwall, England.

Mother: Charlotte Ann Brougham, daughter of surgeon Stephen Brougham.

Henry's family were well-to-do landowners in Farway, Devon for generations. In his book "Homes of Family Names", Henry describes them as a "gentile" family. At any rate, Henry's grandfather, William Guppy, was an attorney at law and owned Sidbury Castle, Devon.

Henry had a twin brother, William Good Guppy (named for his grandparents, Wiliam Guppy and Betsey Good of Sidbury castle), who died at Erzerum, Armenia, in 1877 during the Russo-Turkish War. He had one other brother and four sisters.