Edward Waller (zoologist)


Edward Waller was an Irish zoologist.

Life

The son of Thomas Maunsell Waller and Margaret Vereker, Waller was born in Finnoe, County Tipperary. He was a landowner and barrister from County Tipperary. He owned Finnoe House, Borrisokane, a
summer home in County Tyrone, and the yacht used by the Belfast Dredging Committee of which he was a member.
He was interested in Mollusca and Foraminifera 1867-68 and is honoured in the name Aclis walleri
so named by Jeffreys in 1867.
His younger brother was John Francis Waller

Family

Edward married Mary Crossle on 3 August 1829 at Aughnacloy, County Tyrone. Mary was the only daughter of Henry Crossle of Avaline House in County Tyrone.

Works

  • Waller, Edward 1867 Report on the Foraminifera obtained in the Shetland Seas. Report Brit. Assoc., 1867, pp. 44 1 -446. London.
  • Waller, Edward 1868 Report on the Shetland Foraminifera for 1868. Report Brit. Assoc., 1868, pp. 340, 341. London.