Joseph Sabine

Joseph Sabine FRS (/ˈseɪbɪn/ SAY-bin; 6 June 1770 – 24 January 1837) was an English lawyer, naturalist and writer on horticulture.

Sabine was honorary secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1810 to 1830 and treasurer, receiving their gold medal for organising the accounts left in a state of disarray by Richard Anthony Salisbury.

[1] Sabine then focused on the position of secretary and vice-chairman of the Zoological Society of London, significantly increasing their collection of animals.

Sabine died in Mill Street, Hanover Square, London, on 24 Jan. 1837 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery on 1 February.

There is a lithograph of him after a portrait by Eddis and his name was commemorated by de Candolle for a leguminous genus Sabinea.