Educated at Hackney College, he was a Liverpool merchant and pamphleteer who was a member of William Roscoe's circle. He married a sister of Roscoe's botanical friend, Sir James Edward Smith.

REFERENCES TO Thomas Martin:

William Roscoe to Jane Roscoe, [1804] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)

Samuel Whitbread to William Roscoe, [March? 1808] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)

William Roscoe to Samuel Whitbread, [March? 1808] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)

Samuel Parr to William Roscoe, 5 September 1815 in Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828)

Samuel Parr to William Roscoe, [Autumn 1815] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)

Samuel Parr to William Roscoe, 20 November 1815 in Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828)

Sir James Edward Smith to Dawson Turner, [January 1816?] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)

William Roscoe to William Rathbone the younger, [September? 1816] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)

Samuel Parr to William Roscoe, 11 November 1818 in Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828)