Description

LANSALLOS
SX 15 SE
3/7 Memorial to Jonathan Couch in
burial ground 30m to west of Chy
Chapel
II

Churchyard memorial. 1870. In memory of Jonathan Couch FLS and also wife, Jane
Quiller who died in 1857. Granite obelisk on tall plinth with moulded cornice and
square base.
Jonathan Couch (1789-1870), celebrated Cornish naturalist, doctor, apothecary,
classical scholar, zoologist, botanist, itchthyologist and archaeologist.
Contributed much to scientific knowledge in the C19 publishing works which included;
Cornish Fauna, 1838, The History of the Fishes of the British Isles 4 vols, 1862-1865
and a Calendar of Natural History observed at Polperro 1842. In 1871 his son, Thomas
Quiller Couch published his father's notes on The History of Polperro. See also
Couch's House, Lansallos Street, Polperro.
Couch, Bertha The life of Jonathan Couch 1891
Couch, J The History of Polperro 1871
de Burlet, S Portrait of Polperro 1977
Lanyon, A The Rooks of Trelawne 1976

Listing NGR: SX1776252199

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614336

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