Caught and Coloured: Zoology Illustrations from Colonial Victoria




McCoy Timeline

1841  
  • Named and catalogued for sale shells and fossils of the Henry Sir Collection.
  • Curated collections of the Royal Dublin Society and the Geological Society of Dublin.
  • Catalogue of the Museum of the Geological Society of Dublin published – his first publication on fossils.
  • First met Adam Sedgwick.
1843
  • Married Anna Marie Harrison in Dublin.
1844
  • Publication of Synopsis of the Carboniferous Limestone Fossils of Ireland (based on his work for Sir Richard Griffith).
1845
  • Geological Survey of Ireland established. Hired as first field staff member. Surveyed and completed maps. (Resigned September 1846.)

References

Reproduced from The Victorian Naturalist, Volume 118 (5), 2001, McCoy Special Issue Part One.