James Grimshaw

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James Grimshaw (1798 , Belfast - 1857 was an Irish naturalist. James Grimshaw worked in the family linen business. He married Mary Templeton daughter of the botanist John Templeton He was primarily interested in botany and wrote numerous scientific papers including "Flora of the Cave Hill". James Grimshaw was a founder member of the Belfast Natural History Society and the Belfast Botanic Gardens.Part of his herbarium is in the Ulster Museum.

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• Nash, R. and Ross, H.C.G. The development of natural history in early 19th century Ireland in From Linnaeus to Darwin: commentaries on the history of biology and geology Society for the bibliography of Natural History 13:27-
• Foster, John Wilson; and Helena C. G. Chesney (eds.) (1997). Nature in Ireland: A Scientific and Cultural History. Dublin: Lilliput Press. ISBN 1-874675-29-5. 

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• Family Tree
• Ulster Museum Herbarium.