Thomas Potts James

Thomas Potts James (1803–1882) was an American botanist and bryologist.

[1] He made important contributions to the study of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts).

[2] He wrote the section on mosses and liverworts in William Darlington's Flora Cestrica (1853).

[2] James married Isabella Batchelder on 3 December 1851.

[3] Isabella went on to become the president of the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Commission.