Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley

Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley (1819–1899) was a British conchologist[1] and malacologist who published the first book on shells using the then new technique of photography.

He authored Conchologia indica with William Theobald which was a treatise on the shells of British India.

Sylvanus Hanley inherited a fortune, which enabled him to devote a lifetime to conchology.

Dall, Henry B. Guppy, Richard Brinsley Hinds, Jeffries, Leath, Sven Ludvig Lovén, George Montagu, William Harper Pease, Rodolfo Amando Philippi and Tryon Reakirt.

[2] Hanley Road and the now-lost Sylvanus Row, both in Islington, were named in honour of his father.