John Templeton's Naturalist's Journals
The Belfast-born John Templeton was one of the most influential naturalists that Ireland ever produced.
Although he published very little, Templeton was considered by many, including his contemporaries, to be the ‘father of Irish natural history’. Poor health enabled him to develop his boyhood interest in the natural world, rather than go into the family business. Fortunately, he had the means to devote his life to the study of nature. His research was almost exclusively Ulster-based, particularly around the Belfast area.
You can download the 16 journals as pdfs here.
The Belfast Naturalists' Field Club have undertaken the task of transcribing the diaries. You can download the results of this work from the BNFC website.
BELUM.S56.1
John Templeton's Journal 1806
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BELUM.S56.2
John Templeton's Journal 1807
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BELUM.S56.3
John Templeton's Journal 1808
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BELUM.S56.4
John Templeton's Journal 1809
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John Templeton's Journal 1810
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John Templeton's Journal 1811
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BELUM.S56.7
John Templeton's Journal 1812 and 1813
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BELUM.S56.8
John Templeton's Journal 1814 and 1815
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BELUM.S56.9
John Templeton's Journal 1816 and 1817
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BELUM.S56.10
John Templeton's Journal 1818 and 1819
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BELUM.S56.11
John Templeton's Journal 1820
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BELUM.S56.12
John Templeton's Journal 1821
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BELUM.S56.13
John Templeton's Journal 1822
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BELUM.S56.14
John Templeton's Journal 1823
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BELUM.S56.15
John Templeton's Journal 1824
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BELUM.S56.16
John Templeton's Journal 1825
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