Alexander Goodman More. 



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In i860 the appendix to Venable's " Isle of Wight Guide " 

 appeared, and the following summer he visited Waterton ; 

 his stay at Walton Hall with all its curiosities was always 

 remembered with pleasure. 



Watson's plan of the ** Cybele Britannica", already applied 

 to the butterflies by More, was now made use of for illustrating 

 the distribution of birds in Great Britain during the nesting 

 season, and materials were diligently collected. So highly 

 was his paper on the subject thought of that Prof. Newton 

 alludes to it thus in his article on Ornithology in the ** Kncyc. 

 Brit," 9th Kd., "Though contravening our plan we must for 

 its great merits notice here Mr. More's series of papers in the 

 Ibis for 1865." 



Not content with the Butterflies and Birds of Great Britain, 

 More in 1864 again visited Ireland, and to quote the diary, 

 ''proposed an Irish Flora to D. M." (Dr. David Moore of 

 Glasnevin). Watson's "Cybele Britannica" did not include 

 Ireland, and we have here the first germ of the '•' Cybele 

 Hibernica," a work which will always form a conspicuous 

 landmark in Irish Botany. Dr. Moore had much of the 

 material already collected ; the application of Watson's system 

 to its arrangement was assisted by More, who, in order 

 to be near his friend, came to reside at Glasnevin. The 

 authors worked with diligence for two years, mutual esteem 

 ^nd harmony prevailed, and the "Cybele Hibernica" was 

 completed in August, 1866. 



In 1867 he was appointed Assistant in the Dublin Natural 

 History Museum, and for twenty years from that date his 

 room there was the rendezvous of all naturalists who came to 

 Dublin. Here introductions were made, jealousies dispelled, 

 and friendships initiated and cemented. Every nerve was 

 strained to encourage, stimulate, and assist the younger 

 naturalists. More was their counsellor and guide, and the 

 Natural History of Ireland had in him a most earnest advocate. 



In 1877, he was made an Honorary Member of the Zoological 

 and Botanical Society of Vienna. 



By a gentle and gracious manner, unfailing courtesy, and 

 wonderful tact, rare specimens were, over and over again, 

 coaxed from the owners for the Museum, and difficulties 

 overcome in their transfer by a sort of insidious persuasion 

 which few could withstand. 



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