Coslett Herbert Waddell
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Coslett Herbert Waddell (Rev.) (born March 6, 1858 at Drumcro, County Antrim, died June 8, 1919) was an Irish priest and botanist.
He was related, via his mother Maria Langtry, to Lily Langtry, the "Jersey Lily". He went to Lurgan and Trinity College in Dublin, where he got his B.A. in 1880 and his M.A. in 1888.
He followed his religious calling and was ordained as a deacon in 1881 and priest in 1882. While being a priest in several consecute parishes, he continued his studies and became Bachelor of Divinity in 1892.
He was the author of many botanical papers. He specialised in mosses and in critical genera of flowering plants. He was the first to record the rare Seaside Centaury (Centaurium littorale) in Ireland in 1913.
A large collection of his specimens is in the Ulster Museum Herbarium in Belfast, having been donated in 1919 to the Queen's University of Belfast after his death by his widow. He took a warm interest in the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club.
He died at Greyabbey, where he was incumbent, in 1919 and was buried at Maralin.
[edit] Publications
- Waddell, C.H. 1905. Glyceria festucaeformis at Portaferry. Ir Nat. 14: 19.
- Waddell, C.H. 1912. Some County Down plants. Ir Nat. 21: 133- 134.
- Waddell, C.H. 1917. Rare plants of the Co. Down coast. Ir Nat. 26 12 - 13.
[edit] References
Praeger, R.L. 1919. Obituary. Rev. Cosslett Herbert Waddell, B.D. Ir. Nat. J. 28: 108.
Praeger, R. Lloyd. 1949. Some Irish Naturalists A biographical note-book. Dundalk.
