Robert Lloyd Praeger

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Robert Lloyd Praeger (August 25, 1865- May 5, 1953), was an Irish naturalist and historian. Of a Unitarian background, he was born in Holywood, County Down, and grew up in that town where he was educated, first in the school of the Rev McAlister and then at nearby Sullivan Grammar School. He worked in the National Library of Ireland from 1893 to 1923. He co-founded end edited The Irish Naturalist, and wrote papers on the flora and geography of Ireland. He organised the Lambay Survey in 1905 and, from 1909 to 1922, the wider Clare Island Survey. He was an engineer by qualification, a librarian by profession and a naturalist by inclination. He became the first President of An Taisce in 1948 and served as President of the Royal Irish Academy. His younger sister Rosamond Praeger was a sculptor and botanic artist. He is buried in Deansgrange Cemetery, Dublin with his wife Hedwig.

[edit] See also

• Clare Island
• Carrowkeel

[edit] External links

• Profile of Robert Lloyd Praeger from the Irish Universities.
• Robert Lloyd Praeger at the Ulster History Circle.
• Chronology.
• Clare Island survey.
• The first Clare Island survey from the Royal Irish Academy.
• [1], [2],[3], Botanic Gardens library

[edit] Further reading

• Lysaght, S.: Robert Lloyd Praeger – The Life of a Naturalist, 1865-1953, Four Courts Press 1998; ISBN 1-85182-422-7.
• Collins, T.2006. The Clare Island Survey of 1909 - 1911: a multidisciplinary success. Occ. Publ. Ir. biogeog.Soc. No.9:155 - 165.