Richard Howse
1820/1–1901
Schoolteacher, geologist, and museum curator. Schoolteacher in South Shields, County Durham, then Newcastle-upon-Tyne, until appointed as permanent museum curator to the Natural History Society of Northumberland in 1882. General curator, museum of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1866–1901; editor of the society’s transactions. One of the secretaries of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club, 1876–1901; vice-president, 1861–4, 1866–8, 1870–1.
Sources
Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/5089/24/4)
Natural History Transactions of Northumberland and Durham 1867–1903
Post Office directory of Northumberland 1858
Post Office directory of the county of Durham 1873
Royal Society catalogue of scientific papers
Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists’ Field Club 1863–4
Bibliography
Post Office directory of Northumberland: Post Office directory of Westmoreland, Cumberland, Northumberland, and Durham. London: Kelly and Co. 1858.
Post Office directory of the county of Durham: The Post Office directory of the county of Durham, and the principal towns and adjacent places in Northumberland, Cumberland & Westmorland. The Post Office directory of Durham and Northumberland. London: Kelly and Co. 1873–1929.
Royal Society catalogue of scientific papers: Catalogue of scientific papers (1800–1900). Compiled and published by the Royal Society of London. 19 vols. and index (3 vols.). London: Royal Society of London. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1867–1925.
