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Belfast Natural History Society, the Glossary

The Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society was founded in 1821 to promote the scientific study of animals, plants, fossils, rocks and minerals.^[1]

80 relations: Age of Enlightenment, Alexander Henry Haliday, Antiquarian, Archaeology, Arthur Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire, Belfast, Belfast Literary Society, Belfast Natural History Society, Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, Bourgeoisie, Carl August Dohrn, Charles Darwin, Charles Wyville Thomson, Colombia, Cuvierian Society of Cork, Dublin Penny Journal, Dublin University Zoological Association, Edmund Getty, Edward Hincks, Ethnography, Fossil, Francis Archer, Francis Crozier, Francis Walker (entomologist), George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall, George Crawford Hyndman, George Dickie (botanist), Gilbert White, Greece, India, Irish Naturalists' Journal, James Bryce (geologist), James Emerson Tennent, James Grimshaw, James Lawson Drummond, James McAdam, Java, John Gould, John Grainger, John Grattan (naturalist), John O. Westwood, John Templeton (botanist), Kallima philarchus, Leskean Cabinet, Linen Hall Library, Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, Mauritius, Maximilian Spinola, Mineral, New Holland (Australia), ... Expand index (30 more) »
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Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was the intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries.

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Alexander Henry Haliday

Alexander Henry Haliday (1806–1870, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday, Alexis Heinrich Haliday, or simply Haliday) was an Irish entomologist.

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Antiquarian

An antiquarian or antiquary is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past.

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Archaeology

Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Arthur Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire

Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull Windsor Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire KP (6 August 1812 – 6 August 1868) was an Irish peer, styled Earl of Hillsborough until 1845.

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Belfast (from Béal Feirste) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.

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Belfast Literary Society

The Belfast Literary Society was founded in 1801 and survives as the second oldest learned society in Belfast (the Belfast Reading Society, now the Linen Hall Library, predates it by just over a decade).

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Belfast Natural History Society

The Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society was founded in 1821 to promote the scientific study of animals, plants, fossils, rocks and minerals. Belfast Natural History Society and Belfast Natural History Society are history of Belfast, natural history of Ireland and natural history societies.

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Belfast Naturalists' Field Club

The Belfast Naturalists' Field Club is a club of naturalists based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast Natural History Society and Belfast Naturalists' Field Club are history of Belfast.

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Bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between peasantry and aristocracy.

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Carl August Dohrn

Carl August Dohrn (27 June 1806 – 10 May 1892) was a German entomologist.

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Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology.

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Charles Wyville Thomson

Sir Charles Wyville Thomson (5 March 1830 – 10 March 1882) was a Scottish natural historian and marine zoologist.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.

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Cuvierian Society of Cork

The Cuvierian Society of Cork was founded as a committee of the Royal Cork Institution in October 1835.

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Dublin Penny Journal

The Dublin Penny Journal was a weekly newspaper, and later series of published volumes, originating from Dublin, Ireland, between 1832 and 1836.

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Dublin University Zoological Association

The Dublin University Zoological Association was founded in 1853 to promote zoological studies in Ireland.

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Edmund Getty

Edmund Getty MRIA (1799 in Belfast – 1857 in London) was an Irish antiquarian and naturalist.

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Edward Hincks

Edward Hincks (19 August 1792 – 3 December 1866) was an Irish clergyman, best remembered as an Assyriologist and one of the decipherers of Mesopotamian cuneiform.

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Ethnography

Ethnography is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Francis Archer

Francis Archer MRCS (1803–1875) was an Irish physician and naturalist.

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Francis Crozier

Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier (17 October 1796 – disappeared 26 April 1848) was an Irish officer of the Royal Navy and polar explorer who participated in six expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic.

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Francis Walker (entomologist)

Francis Walker (31 July 1809 – 5 October 1874) was an English entomologist.

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George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall

George Augustus Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall KP, PC (Ire) (14 August 1769 – 5 October 1844), styled Viscount Chichester until 1791 and Earl of Belfast from 1791 to 1799, was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and politician.

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George Crawford Hyndman

George Crawford Hyndman (1796–1867) was an Irish auctioneer and amateur biologist.

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George Dickie (botanist)

George Dickie (23 Nov 1812, Aberdeen – 1882) was a Scottish botanist, who specialised in algae.

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Gilbert White

Gilbert White (18 July 1720 – 26 June 1793) was a "parson-naturalist", a pioneering English naturalist, ecologist, and ornithologist.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Irish Naturalists' Journal

The Irish Naturalists' Journal is a scientific journal covering all aspects of natural history.

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James Bryce (geologist)

James Bryce LLD FRSE (22 Oct 1806, in Killaig, Coleraine, Londonderry – 11 July 1877, in Inverfarigaig, Scotland) was an Irish mathematician, naturalist and geologist.

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James Emerson Tennent

Sir James Emerson Tennent, 1st Baronet, FRS (born James Emerson; 7 April 1804 – 6 March 1869) was a Conservative Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for the Irish seats of Belfast and of Lisburn, and a resident Colonial Secretary in Ceylon.

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James Grimshaw

James Grimshaw (1798–1857) was an Irish naturalist in the early 19th century.

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James Lawson Drummond

James Lawson Drummond (c. 1783 – 1853) was an Irish physician, naturalist and botanist.

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James McAdam

James MacAdam (1801, Belfast – 1861) was an Irish naturalist and geologist.

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Java

Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia.

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John Gould

John Gould (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist who published monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart.

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John Grainger

John Grainger (1830, Belfast – 1891) was an Irish cleric and antiquarian.

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John Grattan (naturalist)

John Grattan (1800, Dublin −1871) was an Irish naturalist and anthropologist.

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John O. Westwood

John Obadiah Westwood (22 December 1805 – 2 January 1893) was an English entomologist and archaeologist also noted for his artistic talents.

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John Templeton (botanist)

John Templeton (1766–1825) was a pioneering Irish naturalist, sometimes referred to as the "Father of Irish Botany".

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Kallima philarchus

Kallima philarchus, the Ceylon blue oakleaf, is a nymphalid butterfly found in Sri Lanka.

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Leskean Cabinet

The Leskean Cabinet is an 18th-century mineral and natural history collection conserved in the Natural History Museum in Dublin.

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Linen Hall Library

The Linen Hall Library is located at 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne

The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne (or the Lit & Phil as it is popularly known) is a historical library in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and the largest independent library outside London.

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Mauritius

Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar.

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Maximilian Spinola

Maximilian Spinola (Massimiliano Spinola; July 10, 1780 – November 12, 1857) was an Italian entomologist.

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Mineral

In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.

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New Holland (Australia)

New Holland (Nieuw-Holland) is a historical European name for mainland Australia.

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Peru

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.

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Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is situated in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Ralph Tate

Ralph Tate (11 March 1840 – 20 September 1901) was a British-born botanist and geologist, who was later active in Australia.

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Recife

Recife is the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America.

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Robert Patterson (Belfast)

Robert Patterson, FRS (1802–1872) was an Irish businessman and naturalist born in Belfast, Ireland.

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Robert Shipboy MacAdam

Robert Shipboy MacAdam (Roibeárd Mac Ádhaimh; 1808–1895) was an Irish antiquary, folklorist and linguist and was the most active figure among the Belfast Presbyterians prominent in the early Irish-language revival.

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Robert Templeton

Robert Templeton (12 December 1802 – 2 June 1892) was a naturalist, artist, and entomologist, and was born at Cranmore House, Belfast, Ireland.

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Rock (geology)

In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter.

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Royal Belfast Academical Institution

The Royal Belfast Academical Institution is an independent grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Sápmi

Sápmi (from) is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people.

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Senegal

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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Sumatra

Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia.

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Takabuti

Takabuti was an ancient Egyptian married woman who reached an age of between twenty and thirty years.

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Taxidermy

Taxidermy is the art of preserving an animal's body by mounting (over an armature) or stuffing, for the purpose of display or study.

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The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, or just The Natural History of Selborne is a book by English parson-naturalist Gilbert White (1720–1793).

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Thomas Andrews (scientist)

Thomas Andrews FRS FRSE (19 December 181326 November 1885) was an Irish chemist and physicist who did important work on phase transitions between gases and liquids.

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Thomas Dix Hincks

Thomas Dix Hincks (1767 in Dublin, Ireland – 1857 in Belfast, Ireland) was an Irish orientalist and naturalist.

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Thomas Duff

Thomas John Duff (1792–1848) was an Irish architect from Newry, County Down.

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Thomas Fortescue, 1st Baron Clermont

Thomas Fortescue, 1st Baron Clermont (9 March 1815 – 29 July 1887) of Ravensdale Park in County Louth, Ireland, was an Irish Whig politician and was the historian of the ancient Fortescue family of 12th century Devonshire origins.

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Thomas Graves (naturalist)

Thomas Graves (1802 – 28 August 1856) was an officer of the Royal Navy and naturalist who worked extensively as a surveyor in the Mediterranean.

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Thomas Jackson (architect)

Thomas Jackson (1807–1890) was a 19th-century Irish architect who contributed to the iconic baroque look of Belfast.

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Thomas Workman (entomologist)

Thomas Workman (1843–1900) was an Irish entomologist and arachnologist who travelled widely collecting butterflies and studying spiders.

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Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College Dublin (Coláiste na Tríonóide), officially The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, Ireland.

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Ulster Museum

The Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has around 8,000 square metres (90,000 sq. ft.) of public display space, featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art, archaeology, ethnography, treasures from the Spanish Armada, local history, numismatics, industrial archaeology, botany, zoology and geology.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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West Indies

The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast_Natural_History_Society

Also known as Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, Proceedings and Reports of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society.

, Peru, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Ralph Tate, Recife, Robert Patterson (Belfast), Robert Shipboy MacAdam, Robert Templeton, Rock (geology), Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Sápmi, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Takabuti, Taxidermy, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, Thomas Andrews (scientist), Thomas Dix Hincks, Thomas Duff, Thomas Fortescue, 1st Baron Clermont, Thomas Graves (naturalist), Thomas Jackson (architect), Thomas Workman (entomologist), Trinity College Dublin, Ulster Museum, Virginia, West Indies, William Bullock (collector), William Thomas Braithwaite, William Thompson (naturalist).

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See also

History of Belfast

Natural history of Ireland

Natural history societies

References