EDWARD JOSEPH LOWE 



Edward Joseph Lowe, J. P. and D.L. both of Notting- 

 hamshire and Monmouth, surviving son of Alfred Lowe, J. P. 

 for Nottinghamshire, born at Highfield House, in the county 

 of Nottingham, November ii, 1825, and removed to Shire- 

 newton Hall, Monmouthshire, in 1880. 



Elected F.R.S. in 1867; F.R.A.S. in 1848; F. Roy. Met. Soc. on April 

 3, 1850 (one of the Founders); F.G.S. in 1853; F.L.S. in 1857; F.R.H.S. 

 in 1872 (as Honorary Life Fellow). 



Hist. Nat. Nov. Ebor. et Lit. et Phil. Mane. Mem, Corr. 



Member of the Conchological Society. 



Hon. Secretary of the British Association at Nottingham Meeting, 1866. 



Hon. Secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society at Nottingham Meeting, 

 1872. 



Past Worshipful Master of the Royal Sussex Lodge of Freemasons. 



Hon. Member of Nottingham Ancient Order of Oddfellows, and Acting 

 Grand Master of England in 1866. 



For many years Meteorological Observer for the Registrar- General, and 

 reporter of Daily Telegraphs to Admiral Fitzroy and the Meteorological OfBce 

 of the Board of Trade. 



Discoverer of a new British Worm {Megascolex rigida, Baird). 



Author of Our Native Ferns, British and Exotic Ferns, New and Rare 

 Ferns, British Ferns and where found, British Grasses, Beautiful Leaved 

 Plants, Conchology of Nottingham, Climate of Nottingham, Atmospheric Phenomena, 

 Magazine of Natural Phenomena, Earthquake of October 6, 1863, Cycle of the 

 Seasons, Barometrical Tables of Corrections, Meteorology of Morton's Farmer's 

 Calendar, Meteorological Instruments {Ort's Circle of the Sciences), dr^c. 



Many of the illustrations are from Photographs by H, L. P. 

 Lowe, J. P. 



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