Revett Sheppard
The Reverend Revett Sheppard (1778, in Campsey Ash – 1830, in Wrabness) was an English malacologist. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society. He described several new non-marine species of mollusks.
Sheppard was admitted to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1796, graduating B.A. in 1801, M.A, in 1804.[1] He was ordained deacon in 1804, and priest in 1805. He was initially a curate at Nacton with Levington, then in 1809 perpetual curate at Willisham, both in Suffolk. He moved in 1814, as a curate, to Offton with Little Bricett (again Suffolk) and Somersham (Cambridgeshire). He went to Wrabness in Essex, still as curate, in 1818. His final living, from 1825, was a rector of Thwaite, Suffolk.[2]
He was a friend of the entomologist William Kirby.
Publications
[edit]Sheppard's publications include:
- Sheppard, R., 1822. On two new British species of Mytilus. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 83-87.
- Sheppard, R., 1823. Descriptions of seven new British land and freshwater shells, with observations on many other species, including a list of such as have been found in the county of Suffolk. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 14: 148-170.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Sheppard, Revett (SHPT796R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ "Sheppard, Revett (1804–1830)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. CCEd Person ID 115209. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
- Killeen, I. J., 1992. The land and freshwater molluscs of Suffolk. Suffolk Naturalists' Society, Ipswich.
- Revett Sheppard is listed (alphabetically) on page 811 of "2,400 Years of Malacology" Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine published online by the American Malacological Society
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