Captain Thomas Brown, (1785 - 1862) was a British naturalist and malacologist, born in Perth, Scotland.

He became curator of the Manchester Museum from 1838.

He wrote several natural history books, i.a. a few dealing with conchology. He became a fellow of the Linnaean Society, a member of the Wernerian, Kirwanian and Phrenological Societies, and president of the Royal Physical Society.

There was a shell named after him : Zebina browniana d'Orbigny, 1842.

Selected works

• Illustrations of the American ornithology of Alexander Wilson and Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1831-1835). These illustrations were also used in the three-volume "Jameson edition" of Wilson's American ornithology (published between 1801 and 1814).
• The book of butterflies, sphinxes, and moths :illustrated by ninety-six engravings, coloured after nature / By Captain Thomas Brown .1832.
• The taxidermist's manual, or, The art of collecting, preparing and preserving objects of natural history Glasgow: Archibald Fullarton ... [and 3 others], 1833. xii, 150 p., VI leaves of plates
• The conchologist’s text-book, embracing the arrangements of Lamarck and Linnaeus, with a glossary of technical terms / by Thomas Brown; illustrated by nineteen engravings on steel.1833
• Illustrations Of The Fossil Conchology Of Great Britain And Ireland, With Descriptions And Localities / by Captain Thomas Brown, 1849

References

• Sherborn, C. D., The conchological writings of Captain Thomas Brown. -- Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 1905
• Reynell, A., Notes on the dates of publication of the earlier parts of Captain Thomas Brown's Illustrations of the Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, 2nd edition. -- Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 1921