Dawson Turner - Family

Family

Dawson and Mary Palgrave had 11 children:

  • Maria Dawson Turner (1797–1872), married William Jackson Hooker, botanist; their son was Joseph Dalton Hooker, also a botanist.
  • Elizabeth Turner (1799–1852), married Francis Palgrave (né Cohen), historian, who took the name Palgrave upon conversion to Christianity.
  • Dawson Turner (1801 – 1806)
  • Mary Anne Turner (1803 – 1874)
  • Harriet Turner (1806–1869), married John Gunn, clergyman and naturalist.
  • Hannah Sarah Turner (1808 – )
  • Dawson Turner (1809 – 1809)
  • Katherine Turner (1810 – 1811)
  • Eleanor Jane Turner (1811–1895), the youngest daughter, married William Jacobson, divine.
  • Gurney Turner (1813 – 1848), whose son Dawson Turner played in the first international rugby match in 1871
  • Dawson William Turner (1815-1885), educationalist.
The standard author abbreviation Turner is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.

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