Coslett Herbert Waddell (Rev.) (born March 6, 1858 at Drumcro, County Antrim, died June 8, 1919) was an Irish priest and botanist. March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Antrim Area: 2,844 km² Population (est. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Pinguicula grandiflora Botany is the scientific study of plantlife. ...

He was related, via his mother Maria Langtry, to Lily Langtry, the "Jersey Lily". He went to Lurgan and Trinity College in Dublin, where he got his B.A. in 1880 and his M.A. in 1888. Lillie Langtry (née Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, nicknamed the Jersey Lily) (13 October 1853 – 12 February 1929) was a British actress born on the island of Jersey in 1853. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Trinity College, Dublin, corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

He followed his religious calling and was ordained as a deacon in 1881 and priest in 1882. While being a priest in several consecute parishes, he continued his studies and became Bachelor of Divinity in 1892. A Bachelor of Divinity (BD or BDiv) is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a courses taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies. ...

He was the author of many botanical papers. He specialised in mosses and in critical genera of flowering plants. He was the first to record the rare Seaside Centaury (Centaurium littorale) in Ireland in 1913. This is an article about the plant. ...

A large collection of his specimens is in the Ulster Museum Herbarium in Belfast, having been donated in 1919 to the Queen's University of Belfast after his death by his widow. He took a warm interest in the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Corrie Denew Chase. ... In Botany, a herbarium is a collection of preserved plants or plant parts, mainly in a dried form. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... The Queens University of Belfast (QUB) is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland; the university is often called Queens University Belfast. ...

He died at Greyabbey, where he was incumbent, in 1919 and was buried at Maralin. Greyabbey Main Street Greyabbey is a small village located on the eastern shores of Strangford Lough, on the Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland. ...

Publications

• Waddell, C.H. 1905. Glyceria festucaeformis at Portaferry. Ir Nat. 14: 19.
• Waddell, C.H. 1912. Some County Down plants. Ir Nat. 21: 133- 134.
• Waddell, C.H. 1917. Rare plants of the Co. Down coast. Ir Nat. 26 12 - 13.

Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Downpatrick Area: 2,448 km² Population (est. ...

References

Praeger, R.L. 1919. Obituary. Rev. Cosslett Herbert Waddell, B.D. Ir. Nat. J. 28: 108.

Praeger, R. Lloyd. 1949. Some Irish Naturalists A biographical note-book. Dundalk.