Henry William Lett
Henry William Lett (4 December 1836, Hillsborough, Co.Down – 26 December 1920, Aghaderg) was an Irish botanist who specialised in mosses.
Lett was educated at Trinity College. He was Canon of Dromore and a Member of the Belfast Natural History Society and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy.
Works
The most significant are
- Lett, H. W. 1912. Musci and Hepaticae. Clare Island Survey, parts 11, 1Z: Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., 13, 1-18.
- Lett, H. W. 1915. Census Report on the Mosses of Ireland. Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., 32, B, 65-166.
References
- Robert Lloyd Praeger Some Irish naturalists: A Biographical Note-book W.Tempest, Dundalgan Press, Dundalk, 1949 online here
External links
- Henry William Lett
- Henry William Lett Herbarium, biography, bibliography
- Herbaria United digital images of 77 herbarium specimens collected by Rev. Henry William Lett
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