Alexander goodman more irish naturalist 1895

Alexander Goodman More (5 September 1830 – 22 March 1895) was a British naturalist.

Life

Born in London, More was educated at

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, and matriculated at

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in 1850. He did not graduate, however, though he remained at Trinity until 1855: periods of illness interrupted his studies. He did make contact with a number of botanists and ornithologists there. He occupied himself with natural history. In 1866, in conjunction with

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, he published "an excellent account on the geographical distribution of plants in Ireland," titled ''Contributions towards a Cybele Hibernica.'' From 1867 to 1887 he was Curator of the

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of the Royal Dublin Society. In 1887 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were Alexander Dickson,

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, Robert Gray and Alexander Buchan.

Publications

* ''Cybele Hibernica'' (1866), with

. * ''On the Distribution of Birds in Great Britain'' (1865)

References

1830 births 1895 deaths British naturalists Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Members of the Royal Irish Academy 19th-century Irish botanists People educated at Rugby School {{UK-scientist-stub