William Spotswood Green

William Spotswood Green (1847 – April 22, 1919N.N.: "Obituary: William Spotswood Green", "The Geographical Journal 55(1)" (January 1920), pp. 70–71. Published by the Royal Geographical Society.] ) was an Irish naturalist, specialized on marine biology.

Born at Youghal and educated at Trinity College in Dublin,Fallon, N.: "The Armada in Ireland", Wesleyan University Press 1978. ISBN 0819550280.] he was ordained a priest in 1873. Already before he left the services of the Church in 1890, he had worked on marine biology. In the 1880s, he participated as a leading member in several research expeditions sponsored by the Royal Irish Academy. In 1892, he became the Inspector of Fisheries. He retired in 1914.N.N.: " [http://www.habitas.org.uk/nmi_catalogue/history.html History of the Irish & British Marine Molluscan Collections] ", National Museums Northern Ireland, 2005. URL last accessed 2007-10-31.]

Green was also a member of the English Alpine Club and became a mountain climber well-known especially in Canada and New Zealand. [http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.g.html Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names – G] . URL last accessed 2007-10-31.] In 1882, he attempted with two Swiss guides a first ascent of Mount Cook in New Zealand, but the party was forced back by bad weather shortly before they reached the top.N.N.: " [http://www.rootsweb.com/~nzlscant/mountcook.htm Mount Cook - near ascent 1882] ", South Canterbury NewZealandGenWeb Project. URL last accessed 2007-10-31.] In the late 1880s Green did survey work in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia.

Selected publications

*Green, W. S.: "The High Alps of New Zealand. Or a Trip to the Glaciers of the Antipodes With an Ascent of Mount Cook." Macmillian & Co., London 1883.
*Green, W. S.: " [http://www.archive.org/details/amongselkirkglac00greeuoft Among the Selkirk glaciers: being the account of a rough survey in the Rocky Mountain regions of British Columbia] ", Macmillian & Co., London 1890.
*Green, W. S.: "The Wrecks of the Spanish Armada on the Coast of Ireland", "The Geographical Journal 27(5)" (May 1906), pp. 429–451.

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