The Sowerby family was a British family of several generations of naturalists, illustrators, botanists, and zoologists active from the late 18th century to the mid twentieth century. * James Sowerby (1757–1822) * James De Carle Sowerby (1787–1871) * William Sowerby (1827–1906) * Joseph Sowerby (1829–ca.1871) * Rev. Arthur Sowerby (1857–?) * Arthur de Carle Sowerby (1885–1954) * George Brettingham Sowerby I (1788–1854) * George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812–1884) * Charlotte Caroline Sowerby (1820–1865) * George Brettingham Sowerby III (1843–1921) * Charles Edward Sowerby (1795–1842) * John Edward Sowerby (1825-1870)