Joshua Alder
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This article is about the zoologist. For Joshua Allder (1838–1904), founder of the Croydon department store, see Allders.
Joshua Alder (7 April 1792 – 21 January 1867)[1] was a British cheesemonger and amateur zoologist and malacologist. As such, he specialized in the Tunicata, and in gastropods.
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Joshua Alder | |
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Born | (1792-04-07)7 April 1792 Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
Died | 21 January 1867(1867-01-21) (aged 74) |
Citizenship | British |
Occupation | Cheesemonger |
Scientific career | |
Fields | zoologist |
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He was a member of the Natural History Society of Northumberland and Durham, and an early member of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, alongside Joseph Swan and Robert Stephenson.[2] He corresponded with Charles Darwin.[2]
His drawings are in the collections of the Great North Museum: Hancock and the British Museum.[3]