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| Description | Scan from own photograph.Original silhouette 1830s Robert Templeton, the son of John and Katherine Templeton, of Cranmore, Belfast, was born in December, 1802, joining an older sister.He was to be followed by three more children all girls. John Templeton (1766–1825), a prosperous Belfast wholesale merchant, was also a noted naturalist whose special interest was botany. Elected an Associate of the Linnean Society of London in 1795, he knew and corresponded with Joseph Banks, William Hooker, Dawson Turner and G.B. Sowerby, all eminent English botanists. In 1821 Robert left for Edinburgh to study medicine and following graduation practised in The University hospital. In 1833 he took a commission in the Royal Artillery as Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Artillery. A decisive step leading to twelve extraordinarily productive years exploring the natural history of the islands of first Mauritius then Ceylon.With Edgar Layard.He is best known for his work on the Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and other insects of Ceylon, contributions to John Blackwell's Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland (1861) and work on British and Irish Thysanura and Coleoptera. . |
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