Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Baskerville, Thomas (1812-1840?)
BASKERVILLE, THOMAS (1812–1840?), botanical writer, was born on 26 April 1812, and served a four years' apprenticeship to Mr. Soulby, of Ash, Kent. From 1 Dec. 1829 to 9 April 1834 he attended lectures on anatomy under Jones Quain, dissection under Richard Quain, and surgery under Samuel Cooper. In November of the latter year he attended the North London Hospital, obtained the membership of the College of Surgeons on 22 Dec. 1835, and settled in practice at Canterbury. He was the author of ‘Affinities of Plants, with some Observations upon Progressive Development,’ London, 1839, 8vo. He is stated to have died in London in 1840, but his name appears in the college annual list of members so late as 1843.
[Records of Roy. Coll. Surgeons.]