Edward Waller (1803–1873) was an
Irish zoologist.
Life
The son of Thomas Maunsell Waller and Margaret Vereker, Waller was born in Finnoe, County Tipperary. Waller was a land owner and barrister from
County Tipperary. He owned
Finnoe House,
Borrisokane
Borrisokane () is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is situated at the junction of the N52 and N65 national secondary roads. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 942. The Ballyfinboy River flows through the town on its way to Lough ...
, a
summer home in
County Tyrone and the yacht used by the Belfast
Dredging
Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing da ...
Committee of which he was a member (other members were
George Crawford Hyndman,
George Dickie
and
John Gwyn Jeffreys).
He was interested in
Mollusca
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
and
Foraminifera 1867-68 and is honoured in the name ''Aclis walleri''
so named by Jeffreys in 1867.
His younger brother was
John Francis Waller
John Francis Waller (21 July 1809 – 19 January 1894) was an Irish poet, librettist and editor.
Life
The son of Thomas Maunsell Waller, of an Irish baronetical family, and Margaret Vereker, Waller was born in Finnoe, County Tipperary, studied a ...
(1809-1894)
Family
Edward married Mary Crossle on 3 August 1829 at Aughnacloy, County Tyrone. Mary was the only daughter of Henry Crossle of Avaline House in County Tyrone.
[Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925]
Works
*Waller, Edward 1867 Report on the Foraminifera obtained in the Shetland Seas. ''Report Brit. Assoc.''(Dundee, 1867), 1867, pp. 44 1 -446. London.
*Waller, Edward 1868 Report on the Shetland Foraminifera for 1868. ''Report Brit. Assoc.'' (Norwich, 1868), 1868, pp. 340, 341. London.
References
*Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names (BEMON
Irish zoologists
People from Borrisokane
1803 births
1873 deaths
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