# John Kirk

Sir John Kirk est un explorateur, un médecin, un naturaliste britannique, né le 19 décembre 1832 à Barry, près d’Arbroath (Écosse) et mort le 15 janvier 1922.

## Biographie

Il est diplômé de médecine à l’université d'Édimbourg. Il participe à l’expédition de David Livingstone (1813-1873) en 1858 sur la côte du Mozambique pour reconnaître le bassin du Zambèze et à la mort de Livingstone lui succède dans la lutte contre l'esclavage.
Revenu épuisé en Europe en 1863, il devient ensuite consul de Zanzibar de 1866 à 1886. John Kirk est devenu membre de la Royal Society le 9 juin 1887 et membre honoraire de la Zoological Society of London en 1888.

## Liste partielle des publications

* 'Account of the Zambezi District, in South Africa, with a Notice of Its Vegetable and Other Products', Transactions of the Botanical Society (1864), 8, 197-202....
* 'Ascent of the Rovuma', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London (1864-1865), 9, 284-8.
* 'Dimorphism in the Flowers of Monochoria Vaginalis', Journal of the Linnean Society: Botany (1865), 8, 147.
* 'Extracts of a Letter of Dr. Kirk to Alex Kirk, Esq., Relating to the Livingstone Expedtion', Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1859), 185-6.
* 'Hints to Travellers - Extracts from a Letter from John Kirk', Journal of the Royal Geographical Society (1864), 34, 290-2.
* 'Letter Dated 28 February Replying to Dr. Peters', Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1865), 227.
* 'Letter from Dr. John Kirk (of the Livingstone Expedition), Dated H.M Ship Pioneer, River Shire, East Africa, 14th December 1861.' Transactions of the Botanical Society (1862), 7, 389-92.
* 'Letter from Dr. John Kirk, Physician and Naturalists to the Livingstone Expedition, Relative to the Country near Lake Shirwa, in Africa', Transactions of the Botanical Society (1859), 6, 317-21, plate VII.
* 'Letter from John Kirk to Professor Balfour', Transactions of the Botanical Society (1864), 8, 110-1.
* 'List of Mammalia Met with in Zambesia, East Tropical Africa', Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1864), 649-60.
* 'Notes on the Gradient of the Zambesi, on the Level of Lake Nyassa, on the Murchison Rapids, and on Lake Shirwa', Journal of the Royal Geographical Society (1865), 35, 167-9.
* 'Notes on Two Expeditions up the River Rovuma, East Africa', Journal of the Royal Geographical Society (1865), 35, 154-67.
* 'On a Few Fossil Bones from the Alluvial Strata of the Zambesi Delta', Journal of the Royal Geographical Society (1864), 34, 199-201.
* 'On a New Dye-Wood of the Genus Cudranea, from Tropical Africa', Journal of the Linnean Society: Botany (1867), 9, 229-30.
* 'On a New Genus of Liliaceæ from East Tropical Africa', Transactions of the Linnean Society (1864), 24, 497-9.
* 'On a New Harbour Opposite Zanzibar', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London (1866-1867), 11, 35-6.
* 'On Musa Livingstoniana, a New Banana from Tropical Africa', Journal of the Linnean Society: Botany (1867), 9, 128.
* 'On the "Tsetse" Fly of Tropical Africa (Glossina Morsitans, Westwood).' Journal of the Linnean Society: Zoology (1865), 8, 149-56.
* 'On the Birds of the Zambezi Region of Eastern Tropical Africa', Ibis (1864), 6, 307-39.
* 'On the Palms of East Tropical Africa', Journal of the Linnean Society: Botany (1867), 9, 230-5.
* 'Report on the Natural Products and Capabilities of the Shire and Lower Zambesi Valleys', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London (1861-1862), 6, 25-32.