Sir Robert Lloyd Patterson (1836–1906) was an
Irish naturalist and
linen
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merchant.
Biography
Patterson was the second son of
Robert Patterson F.R.S.
In August 1902, he was awarded a
knighthood for services to the Belfast Chamber of Commerce.
Robert Lloyd Patterson wrote several zoological papers in the
Irish Naturalist and the Report and Proceedings of the
Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society and a book titled ''The Birds, Fishes and
Cetacea
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of
Belfast Lough'' (1880).
On his death Robert Lloyd Patterson bequeathed his art collection to the Belfast Corporation. It is now in the
Ulster Museum.
Arms
References
*Foster, J. W. and Chesney, H. C. G (eds.), 1977. ''Nature in Ireland: A Scientific and Cultural History''. Lilliput Press. .
External links
BHL''The Birds, Fishes and Cetacea of Belfast Lough 1880
National Library of IrelandIrish Natural History Literature
partial bibliography
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Irish zoologists
British merchants
Linen merchants
1836 births
1906 deaths