George Allman (natural historian)

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George James Allman
Trinity College, Dublin
Known forGymnoblast group of the hydrozoa
SpouseHannah Louisa Shaen
ChildrenNone
AwardsRoyal Medal (1873)
Linnean Medal (1896)
Scientific career
Fieldsnaturalist

George James Allman

Edinburgh University
in Scotland.

George James Allman and his signature.

Life

Allman was born in

Trinity College, Dublin, and in the following year was appointed professor of botany in that university,[1] succeeding the botanist William Allman (1776–1846), who was the father of George Johnston Allman
(distant relations of George).

This position he held for about twelve years until he moved to Edinburgh as Regius Professor of natural history. There he remained until 1870, when considerations of health induced him to resign his professorship and retire to Dorset, where he devoted himself to his favourite pastime of horticulture.[2][3]

The scientific papers which came from his pen are very numerous. His most important work was upon the

Irish Naturalist.[3]

He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1854, and received a Royal medal in 1873. He received the Cunningham Medal of the Royal Irish Academy in 1878.[4]

In 1859–60, he was President of the

British Association.[2]

He died in Ardmore, Parkstone in Dorset and is buried in Poole Cemetery.[6]

Family

Allman married Hannah Louisa Shaen. They had no children.[6] George Allman's family ran Allman's Bandon Distillery, his brother, the Liberal MP Richard Allman, was a partner in the Distillery.[citation needed]

Select bibliography

  • Allman G. J. 1843. On a new genus of terrestrial gasteropod. The Athenaeum 1843 (829): 851. London.

References

  1. Thomas Ulick Sadleir
    p12: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  2. ^ a b c  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Allman, George James". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 698.
  3. ^ a b Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). "Allman, George James" . Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  4. ^ "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 1878". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  5. ^ THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 1836-1936 (PDF). p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

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