Edward Joseph Lowe ( 1825 - 1900 )

Birth: Highfield, Nottinghamshire, England (11 November 1825) Death: Shirenewton Hall, near Chepstow (10 March 1900) Research Field: Meteorology, botany Career: Helped to found the Royal Meteorological Society; made weather observations (1840-1882); wrote on the weather; an authority on the hybridization of plants, and on ferns Memberships: FRAS; FLS; FGS; FZS; RMS; Corr Memb of the Lyceum of Nat Hist of New York; Corr Memb of Manchester Lit and Phil Soc; Hon Memb of the Dublin Nat Hist Soc Membership: Fellow Election Date: 6/06/1867.