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### Author
Templeton, John (1766-1825), Irish naturalist of private means at Belfast.
**Abbreviated name**: *Templeton* \[standard form in IPNI: *Templeton*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BEL|BEL]]; algae at [[Collection K|K]]; further material at [[Collection BFT|BFT]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – *Manuscript* (*Cat. pl. Ireland* 1793-1811) at Ulster Museum; *manuscripts* and *drawings* at [[Collection BEL|BEL]] and [[Collection BM|BM]]; *letters* to D. Turner at [[Collection K|K]].
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 6(2): 216; Barnhart 3: 366; BB p. 298; Clokie p. 252; CSP 5: 930; Desmond p. 603 (d. 15 Dec 1825); DNB 56: 54 (19: 534-535).
#### Biofile
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 441 \[index\]. 1980.
- Colgan, N., Fl. county Dublin xxiv. 1904.
- Dickison, C.I., Phycol. Bull. 1: 14. 1952 (coll. BEL, K; corr. Turner at K).
- Drummond, Mag. nat. Hist. 1: 403-406. 1829 (obit.), 2: 305-310. 1829 (ctd.).
- Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 256. 1984 (herb. sent to America, not traced. Some material at LIV, BFT.
- Kertland, M.P.H., Irish Natural. J. 15(8): 229-231. 1966 (bicentenary birth, discovery herbarium).
- Knowles, M.C., Proc. R. Irish Acad. 38B 10: 182. 1929.
- Lett, H.W., Irish Natural. 22: 22-23. 1913 (mss. in Library R. Irish Acad.); Ann. Rep. Proc. Belfast Natural. Field Cl. ser. 2. 6: 616-617. 1913; Proc. R. Irish Acad. 32B7: 72. 1915.
- Loudon, J.C., Arbor. frutic. brit. 1: 111-112. 1838.
- McMillan, N.F., Irish Natural. J. 15(9): 266-267. 1967 (mss. Flora at BEL, BM).
- Pilcher, B., Irish Natural. J. 15(12): 350-353, *pl. 12-14.* 1967 (algae at BEL).
- Praeger, R.L., Proc. R. Irish Acad. 7: cxlv. 1901; Bot. Ireland 78. 1934; Some Irish naturalists 163-165. 1949; *in* S.A. Stewart and T.H. Corry, A flora of the North-East of Ireland ed. 2. 1938, p. xlvii-liii, lviii (account of manuscript Hibernian flora and journal).
- Smith, A.L., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 137: 21-22. 1925.
- Taylor, T., Ann. nat. Hist. 5: 3-6. 1840 (Cat. fungi N. Ireland coll. by Templeton).
- Templeton, J., Irish Natural. J. 15(12): 353-354. 1967 (unpubl. comm. to Linn. Soc).
#### Composite works
Contributed to J. Sowerby and J.E. Smith, *Engl. bot.*; L.W. Dillwyn, *Brit. Confervae* 1802-1809; D. Turner, *Fuci* 1808-1829, *Muscol. Hibern. Spic.* 1804.
#### Handwriting
Irish Natural. J. 15(8): *pl. 4*, 5. 1966.
#### Eponymy
*Templetonia* R. Brown ex W. Aiton et W.T. Aiton (1812).