托马斯·安德鲁·奈特
开创植物生理与园艺育种
托马斯·安德鲁·奈特是一位英国园艺学家和植物学家。他曾担任皇家园艺学会第二任主席（1811–1838年）。 他出生于赫里福德郡赫里福德西北五英里处的沃姆斯利格兰奇，是沃姆斯利格兰奇的托马斯·奈特牧师（1697–1764，伍斯特郡比德利教区区长）与其妻子厄休拉·纳什的次子；厄休拉·纳什是什罗普郡丁纳姆的弗雷德里克·纳什之女。 He attended Balliol College, Oxford. After graduation, he took up the study of horticulture. Attention was first called to his work in 1795 by the publication of the results of his research into the propagation of fruit trees and the diseases prevalent among them. He used 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) of land he inherited to conduct breeding of plants including strawberries, cabbages and peas and built an extensive greenhouse. In 1797 he published his Treatise on the Culture of the Apple and Pear, and on the Manufacture of Cider and Perry, a work which passed through several editions. He was one of the leading students of horticulture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but his personal papers disappeared after his death. 奈特对植物进行了基本的生理学实验，这类工作此前很少进行。他阐明了重力对幼苗的影响，以及果树腐烂如何通过嫁接传播。
Artworks by this artist (30 total)
- Barland pear 1811
- Huffcap Pear 1811
- Pawsan 1811
- Siberian Harvey 1811
- Stead’s Kernel Apple 1811
- Foxley Apple 1811
- Hagloe Crab 1811
- Grange Apple 1811
- Woodcock 1811
- Golden Harvey 1811
- Loan Pearmain 1811
- Downton Pippin 1811
- Teinton Squash Pear 1811
- Holmore Pear 1811
- Old Pearmain 1811
- Oldfield Pear 1811
- Redstreak 1811
- Old Quining 1811
- Cowarne Red 1811
- Golden Pippin 1811