Joshua Alder

This article is about the zoologist. For Joshua Allder (1838–1904), founder of the Croydon department store, see Allders.
Joshua Alder
Sketch of Alder from "Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed" by Richard Welford, 1895
Born(1792-04-07)7 April 1792
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Died21 January 1867(1867-01-21) (aged 74)
CitizenshipBritish
OccupationCheesemonger
Scientific career
Fieldszoologist

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.

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]

  1. ^ Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2009). 2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed. Archived 5 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine, 830 pp. + 32 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference AHTT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Lord Mayor joined by BBC presenter for plaque unveiling". Newcastle City Council. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2019.