William Spotswood Green
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William Spotswood Green (1847 – April 22, 1919[1]) was an Irish naturalist, specialized on marine biology.
Born at Youghal and educated at Trinity College in Dublin,[2] he was ordained a priest in 1873. Already before he left the services of the Church in 1890, he had worked on marine biology. In the 1880s, he participated as a leading member in several research expeditions sponsored by the Royal Irish Academy. In 1892, he became the Inspector of Fisheries. He retired in 1914.[3]
Green was also a member of the English Alpine Club and became a mountain climber well-known especially in Canada and New Zealand.[4] In 1882, he attempted with two Swiss guides a first ascent of Mount Cook in New Zealand, but the party was forced back by bad weather shortly before they reached the top.[5] In the late 1880s Green did survey work in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia.
[edit] Selected publications
- Green, W. S.: The High Alps of New Zealand. Or a Trip to the Glaciers of the Antipodes With an Ascent of Mount Cook. Macmillian & Co., London 1883.
- Green, W. S.: Among the Selkirk glaciers: being the account of a rough survey in the Rocky Mountain regions of British Columbia, Macmillian & Co., London 1890.
- Green, W. S.: "The Wrecks of the Spanish Armada on the Coast of Ireland", The Geographical Journal 27(5) (May 1906), pp. 429–451.
[edit] References
- ^ N.N.: "Obituary: William Spotswood Green", The Geographical Journal 55(1) (January 1920), pp. 70–71. Published by the Royal Geographical Society.
- ^ Fallon, N.: The Armada in Ireland, Wesleyan University Press 1978. ISBN 0819550280.
- ^ N.N.: History of the Irish & British Marine Molluscan Collections, National Museums Northern Ireland, 2005. URL last accessed 2007-10-31.
- ^ Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names – G. URL last accessed 2007-10-31.
- ^ N.N.: Mount Cook - near ascent 1882, South Canterbury NewZealandGenWeb Project. URL last accessed 2007-10-31.
