Traill

Traill may refer to:

People

• Anthony Traill (college provost) (1838–1914), provost of Trinity College Dublin appointed in 1904
• Anthony Traill (linguist) (1939–2007), South African linguist
• Barry Traill, Australian zoologist and conservationist, Director of the Pew Environment Group - Australia.
• Catharine Parr Traill (1802–1899), British author who wrote about life as a settler in Canada
• Eric Sinclair Traill (1905–1981), British publisher and jazz critic
• Frederick Traill-Burroughs (Lt-General, 1831–1905), British army officer and Orkney landlord
• George Traill (1787–1871), Liberal Party politician in Scotland
• Henry Duff Traill (1842-1900), British author and journalist
• James Hamilton Traill (Lieutenant, 1869–1967), World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories
• John Arthur Edward Traill (“Johnny Traill”) (1882-1958), first Irish-Argentine 10-goal polo player
• John Traill Christie (1899–1980), headmaster of Repton and Westminster Schools, Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
• Ken Traill (1926-2002), English Rugby League footballer and coach
• Mary Traill Spence Lowell Putnam (1810–1898), United States author and translator
• Phil Traill (1973-), American television and film director
• Robert Traill Spence Lowell (1816–1891), clergyman, missionary, headmaster, Latin professor and author in Newfoundland, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts
• Roy Traill (1892–1989), wildlife ranger on Stewart Island, New Zealand
• Sinclair Traill (1905–1981), British publisher & editor of Jazz Journal
• Thomas Cathcart Traill (1899-1973), British Air-Vice Marshal and World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories
• Thomas Stewart Traill (1781-1862), Scottish doctor, naturalist, and professor of medical jurisprudence
• Thomas Stuart Traill Smellie (1849–1925), Ontario physician, merchant and political figure
• Walter Traill Dennison (1826–1894), farmer and folklorist on the Orkney island of Sanday, in Scotland
• William Atcheson Traill (1844-1933), Irish engineer, co-founder of the Giant's Causeway Railway and Tramway Company
• William Henry Traill (1842-1902), Australian journalist and politician
• William Traill (?–?), cricketer recorded as having played for the “Gentlemen” (1859–1867) — see List of Gentlemen cricketers (1806–1962)#1851 to 1860

Other uses

• Kapp Traill, headland at the southern part of Jan Mayen in Norway named after Thomas Stewart Traill
• Miss Traill's House, property in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia built in 1845 named after Miss Ida Traill who lived in it 1931–1976
• Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill, 1911 novel of the same title by Hugh Walpole, filmed in 1948 by Lawrence Huntington
• Traill County, North Dakota, created in 1875, named after Walter John Strickland Traill, employee of Hudson's Bay Company and son of Catharine Parr Traill
• Traill's Flycatcher, supposed bird species Empidonax traillii, since recognised as two species, Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum) and Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
• Traill International School, school in Bang Kapi District, Bangkok, Thailand established in 1966
• Traill Island, large island in eastern Greenland within Northeast Greenland National Park named after Thomas Stewart Traill
• Traill's Pass, mountain pass through the Himalayas between Nanda Devi and Nanda Kot in India
• ‘Traill’, medium early, rough awn, white aleurone malting cultivar of barley released by NDSU in 1956
• Binomial names for plants and animals, mostly named after Thomas Stewart Traill:
  • Aciphylla traillii, member of Aciphylla genus of Australasian plants
  • Cerithium traillii, species of sea snail (marine gastropod mollusc) found in shallow tropical or temperate waters
  • Clypeomorus traillii (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855), synonym for Cerithium traillii (above)
  • Conus traillii, species of sea snail (marine gastropod mollusc) in the family Conidae (cone snails and allies)
  • Crenavolva traillii, species of sea snail (marine gastropod mollusc) in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries
  • Empidonax traillii, Willow Flycatcher (previously Traill's Flycatcher — see above)
  • Leptinella traillii, member of Leptinella genus of southern Hemisphere plants
  • Oriolus traillii, Maroon Oriole, a bird ranging across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia
  • Pseudolilliconus traillii (A. Adams, 1855), synonym for Conus traillii (above)
  • Terebra traillii (Deshayes, 1859), synonym for Hastula cuspidata, a species of sea snail (marine gastropod mollusc) in the family Terebridae (auger snails)

See also

• Trail (surname) (sometimes spelled Traill), ancient family of Lairds or land Barons and clergy in Fife, Scotland
• All pages with titles containing Traill
• Trail (disambiguation)