William Richardson

(1740-1820)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Richardson, William, 1740-1820 DNB: Richardson, William (1740-1820), political activist and naturalist LBT ID: WiRicha1820 VIAF ID: 72173797 LOC ID: n86084764	B/BAP: 1740 DIED: 1820-06-14
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Irish clergyman and naturalist who published on grasses in the Gentleman's Magazine; he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and was rector of Clonfeacle.
REFERENCES TO William Richardson: Walter Scott to J. B. S. Morritt of Rokeby, 14 September 1814 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VIII 1814 Found 1: ¶ 24 Chapter IX 1814