Robert Lloyd Praeger

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. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_Upper_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, and of the Irish Mountaineering Club, [http://irishmountaineeringclub.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=53] 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.

Praeger's publications

* Praeger, R.Ll. Irish Topographical Botany (ITB), "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy", Vol. (23) 3rd. series, Vol. 7).
* Praeger, R.Ll. 1893. The Flora of County Armagh. "Ir Nat.": II.
* Praeger, R.Ll. "et al." 1902. The exploration of the caves of Kesh, Co. Sligo. "Trans. R. Ir. Acad.," 32B: 171 - 214.
* Praeger, R.Ll. 1902. Gleanings in Irish Topographical Botany. "Proc. Roy. Irish Academy," 24B: 61- 94.
* Praeger, R.Ll. 1901 Irish Topographical Botany: Supplement 1901 - 1905. "Proc. Roy. Irish Academy," 26B: 13 - 45.
* Praeger, R.Ll. 1929. Report on recent additions to the Irish fauna and flora (Phanerogramia). "Proc. Roy. Irish Academy" "39B": 57 - 78.
* Praeger, R.Ll. 1932. Some noteworthy plants found in or reported from Ireland. "Proc. Roy. Irish Academy." 41B: 95 - 24.
* Praeger, R.Ll. 1934a. "The Botanist in Ireland." Dublin.
* Praeger, R.Ll. 1934b. A contribution to the flora of Ireland. "Proc. Roy. Irish Academy." 42B: 55 - 86.
* Praeger, R.Ll. 1937 "The Way That I Went", An Irishman in Ireland, Allen Figgis, Dublin 1980, ISBN O 900372 93
* Praeger, R.Ll. 1939. A further contribution to the flora of Ieland. "Proc. Roy. Irish Academy." 45B: 231 - 254.
* Praeger, R.Ll. 1946 Additions to the knowledge of the Irish Flora, 1939- 1945. "Proc. Roy. Irish Academy." 51B: 27 - 51.
* Praeger, R.Ll. 1951. Hybrids in the Irish flora: a tentative list. "Proc. Roy. Irish Academy." 54B: 1 - 14.
* Praeger, R.Ll. 1949. "Some Irish Naturalists, a Biographical Note-book." Dundalk.

See also

*Clare Island
*Carrowkeel
*Knud Jessen

External links

* [http://www.universityscience.ie/pages/scientists/sci_robert_lloyd_praeger.php Profile of Robert Lloyd Praeger] from the Irish Universities.
* [http://www.ulsterhistory.co.uk/robertlloydpraeger.htm Robert Lloyd Praeger] at the Ulster History Circle.
* [http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/chronob/PRAE1865.htm Chronology] .
* [http://www.anu.ie/clareisland/Heritage/surveys.htm Clare Island survey] .
* [http://www.ria.ie/projects/clare%5Fisland/survey_new.html The first Clare Island survey] from the Royal Irish Academy.
* [http://www.botanicgardens.ie/herb/census/itb.htm] , [http://www.botanicgardens.ie/glasra/ns3_10.pdf] , [http://www.botanicgardens.ie/herb/census/itbitineraries.htm] , Botanic Gardens library

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.
*Blaney,R. The Praeger Family of Holywood. " FAMILIA: Ulster Genealogical Review ".No.15:91-100.1999.