John Templeton (botanist)
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John Templeton was a pioneering Irish naturalist, sometimes referred to as the "Father of Irish Botany". He was a leading figure in Belfast's late eighteenth-century enlightenment, initially supported
Watercolour of Orobanche rubra by John Templeton
Cranmore House 1886
Partial reconstruction of the Cranmore garden
Plants in the tropical house in the Botanic Gardens, Belfast
William Thompson was an Irish naturalist celebrated for his founding studies of the natural history of Ireland, especially in ornithology and marine biology. Thompson published numerous notes on the d
John Templeton (botanist)
…Mag. Nat. Hist . 1: (n. s.): 403–413 403 -413 were (collated and edited By Robert Templeton). Much of his work was used by later authors, especially by William Thompson whose 'The Natural History of Ireland' is its essential continuation. Templeton was a regular visitor to the elegant Georgian city of Dublin (by 1816…
William Thompson NHI Nosignature
Thompson found the Nympheum of Egeria near Rome especially appealing with its classical and poetic associations
Thomas Pennant British zoology, 1776. Plate illustrating bird anatomy
Plate 34 from Edward Donovan, s The Natural History of British Shells: Including Figures and Descriptions of All the Species Hitherto Discovered in Great Britain, Systematically Arranged in the Linnean Manner, With Scientific and General Observations On Each. (1799-1803)