Robert Lloyd Patterson (1836 – 1906) was an Irish naturalist and linen merchant.

He was the second son of Robert Patterson (Belfast) Robert Patterson Royal Society F.R.S. In 1902 he was awarded a Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom|knighthood for services to the Belfast Chamber of Commerce. Robert Lloyd Patterson wrote several zoological papers in the Irish Naturalist and the Report and Proceedings of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society and a book titled The Birds, Fishes and Cetacea of Belfast Lough (1880). On his death Robert Lloyd Patterson bequeathed his art collection to the Belfast Corporation. It is now in the Ulster Museum.

References

• Foster, J. W. and Chesney, H. C. G (eds.), 1977. Nature in Ireland: A Scientific and Cultural History. Lilliput Press. ISBN 0-7735-1817-7.

External Links

• BHL The Birds, Fishes and Cetacea of Belfast Lough 1880
• National Library of Ireland
• Habitas