George Ralph Tate

George Ralph Tate MD
File:Tate, George Ralph.jpg
Born	1835
Died	1874
Residence	Royal Artillery, Aldershot
Occupation	medical
Society Membership membership ASL ordinary fellow left 1866.12.18 resigned elected_ASL 1865.03.14

Notes

House Notes

in A31/2/2 name crossed out R

Notes From Elsewhere

Tate, George Ralph (1835-1874)
George Tate was born at Alnwick and attended the University of Edinburgh, studying medicine. He earned an award in botany in 1853 and qualified MD a few years later. He went on to enter the forces as assistant surgeon in the Royal Artillery, which saw Tate stationed in Hong Kong for two years. Here his interest in botany resurfaced and he collected plants during an excursion into the interior of the country which lasted some months. This collection of about 800 plants was deposited in the herbarium at Kew Gardens. Returning from China, Tate was posted to the Isle of Wight and was made a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1869. He died at Fareham, Hampshire, in 1974. The species Plectranthus tatei Hemsl., which Tate discovered, was named in his honour.

Publications

External Publications

‪The geology and archaeology of Beadnell, Northumberland‬: ‪with descriptions of fossil annelids‬
‪George Ralph Tate

A New Flora of Northumberland and Durham: With Sketches of Its ..., Volume 2
 By John Gilbert Baker, George Ralph Tate

The Ancient British Sculptured Rocks of Northumberland and the Eastern Borders; by George Tate, 1865

Related Material Details

RAI Material

box 202 plate from rock art book

Other Material

George Ralph Tate Collection Vascular plants. GREAT NORTH MUSEUM