湯瑪斯·安德魯·奈特
開創植物生理與園藝育種
托馬斯·安德魯·奈特是一位英國園藝學家和植物學家。他曾擔任皇家園藝學會第二任主席（1811–1838年）。 他出生於赫里福德郡赫里福德西北五英里處的沃姆斯利格蘭奇，是沃姆斯利格蘭奇的湯瑪斯·奈特牧師（1697–1764，伍斯特郡比德利教區區長）與其妻子厄休拉·納什的次子；厄休拉·納什是什羅普郡丁納姆的弗雷德里克·納什之女。 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. 奈特對植物進行了基本的生理學實驗，這類工作此前很少進行。他闡明了重力對幼苗的影響，以及果樹腐爛如何透過嫁接傳播。
Artworks by this artist (30 total)
- Holmore Pear 1811
- Forest Styre 1811
- Stead’s Kernel Apple 1811
- Pawsan 1811
- Friar 1811
- Downton Pippin 1811
- Foxwhelp 1811
- Woodcock 1811
- Hagloe Crab 1811
- Loan Pearmain 1811
- Cowarne Red 1811
- Redstreak 1811
- Best Bache 1811
- Yellow Elliot 1811
- Old Quining 1811
- Longland Pears 1811
- Teinton Squash Pear 1811
- Old Pearmain 1811
- Foxley Apple 1811
- Oldfield Pear 1811