Richard Manliffe Barrington
Richard Manliffe Barrington (1849, Bray, -1915) was an Irish naturalist.
Barrrington was a farmer and land valuer. He was educated at Trinity College. Barrington wrote reports on the flora of Lough Ree, Lough Erne, Ben Bulben and Tory Island but most of his scientific papers are on birds. His best known work is The migration of birds, as observed at Irish lighthouses and lightships including the original reports from 1888-97, now published for the first time, and an analysis of these and of the previously put together with an appendix giving the measurements of about 1600 wings London : R.H. Porter [1]
Barrington was one of the leaders of the Royal Irish Academy Rockall expedition of 1896.
His collection of bird specimens (wings and legs of birds collected by light-keepers) is now in the National Museum.
References
- Irish Naturalist 24: 193.
- Journal of Botany 1915:364 [2]
- James Britten & Gerorge S. Boulger 1931 "Bibliographical Index of Deceased British and Irish Botanists" Ed. 2, 22 [3]
- Irish Naturalists
External links
- Habitas Partial bibliography