Thomas W. Naylor Beckett
Thomas Wrench Naylor Beckett, (24 ha watan Yulin 1839 Liverpool - 5 ga watan Disambar 1906 "Elbedde", Fendalton ) ɗan Ingilishi ne mai kofi da mai shuka shayi a Ceylon kuma sanannen masanin ilimin kimiyyar halittu da bryologist, wanda ya tattara samfurori a can kuma a arewa maso yammacin Himalaya tsakanin shekarar 1882 kuma c.1900. Bai buga wani asusun mosses da ya tattara ba yayin da yake Ceylon - yawancin samfuransa duk da cewa an rubuta su a cikin "Musci der Flora von Buitenzorg" na Max Fleischer . Ya yi hijira zuwa New Zealand yayinda kuma ya tattara. Babban tarin pteridophyte nasa yana a Gidan Tarihi na Duniya Liverpool . An tura kayansa na bryophyte a Kew zuwa Gidan Tarihi na Tarihi na Biritaniya a cikin kusan shekarar 1961 dangane da Yarjejeniyar Morton. Jami'ar Canterbury da Christchurch sun gina wasu samfuran 12,000. Beckett ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin masu son bryologists guda uku masu aiki a Christchurch, sauran biyun kuma su ne Robert Brown (1824 – 1906) da Thomas George Wright (1831 – 1914).  

Beckett ya auri Sarah Tolson Clint (1838 - 8 Yunin 1921) kuma yana da yara. Ɗansa, Alfred Charles, ya mutu a tsibirin yana da shekaru huɗu da rabi a ranar 24 ga watan Disambar 1878. Lokacin da amfanin gonakinsu kuma ya gaza, dangin suka ƙaura zuwa New Zealand kuma suka zauna a Fendalton a cikin shekarar 1884, inda Beckett ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin orchardist . Abokin Linnean Society kuma memba na Cibiyar Falsafa ta Canterbury, Beckett ya shahara a da'irorin kimiyya a duk faɗin duniya. Nazarin mosses da lichens shine babban filinsa na sha'awar, kuma ya bar wani tarin tarin kayan masarufi na New Zealand da na waje. Lokacin da Beckett ya fara zama a Christchurch, ya yi magana da masana ilmin kiwo na gida da yawa, ciki har da Thomas George Wright, yana neman bayanai game da al'amuran bryology a cikin ƙasar, da kuma yin musayar samfura. Beckett ya kiyaye duk amsoshin, kuma waɗannan tare da wasiƙarsa na botanical, na gida da waje, Gidan Tarihi na Canterbury ya adana su. Wuraren da ya fi son tattarawa don mosses sun kasance a cikin Port Hills da tuddai.   Akwai tsire-tsire daga New Zealand, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afirka ta Kudu da Faransa Polynesia a cikin tarinsa.  

Beckett ya yi matuƙar sha'awar ilimin firamare, kuma shi ne shugaban kwamitin makarantar Fendalton. Ya kasance babban limamin coci, yana da alaƙa da Cocin St. Barnaba fiye da shekaru 20, kuma ya kasance ma’aikacin coci na tsawon shekaru 17. A cikin shekarar 1896 an sanya shi mai kula da gina ginen Makarantar Lahadi a kan glebe land a Clyde Road. A mutuwarsa, daga mura wanda ya zama ciwon huhu, Beckett na ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffi kuma mafi girma mazauna yankin, kuma an binne shi a maƙabartar a cocin St Paul's Anglican Church, Papanui . Tare da Beckett an binne matarsa Sarah, da 'ya'yansa mata marasa aure, Mary Ethel (1871-1947) da Amy Middleton (1876-1964). Rubutun dutsen kuma yana tunawa da Alfred Charles Beckett. An sadaukar da taga na Cocin St. Barnaba don tunawa da Thomas Wrench Naylor Beckett, yayin da aka sadaukar da fitila a cikin harabar coci ga ɗan Becketts, Thomas Herbert Beckett, wanda ya kasance mai kula da coci, memba na mawaƙa da kuma synodsman na cocin. Ikilisiya.  

 Beckett, Thomas Herbert, 1870
 Beckett, Mary Ethel 1871
 Beckett, Alfred Charles 1874
 Beckett, Amy Middleton, 1876
 Beckett, Frederick Percy

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