Frank Morey
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| Died | 1925 | ||||||||
| Residence | Wolverton, The Mall, Newport, Isle of Wight [A63] | ||||||||
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Office Notes
House Notes
1923.12.11 proposed by S.H. Warren, seconded by O.G.S. Crawford 11 Dec. 1923
death reported in Report of the Council for 1925
Notes From Elsewhere
Father was a potato merchant
The inaugural meeting of the Society was held in the Lecture Hall of the Newport Literary Society, at 6 pm on the 8th of November 1919. The meeting was convened by Morey, chaired by James Groves and it elected as the first president Mr G.W.Colenutt of Ryde. Exactly 100 people formed the membership from its inception. A further five mainland experts were, there and then, elected as Honorary Members ‘to assist the members of the Society in the identification of specimens’.
Morey, a modest and retiring man, served until his death in 1925 as Honorary Secretary and Editor to the Society. He was described by James Groves in his Linnean Society obituary as ‘the guiding spirit and prime mover in all its activities’
Just before his death Morey transferred Borthwood Copse to the National Trust. This was the last remaining part of old Sandown Forest which he had purchased as a nature reserve. [Isle of Wight Natural History & Archaeological Society website]
Publications
External Publications
Guide to the Natural History of the Isle of Wight, 1909
