Edmund Getty (1799 , Belfast - 1857 , London) was an Irish antiquarian and naturalist. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Belfast ( is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of government in Northern Ireland. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world An antiquarian or antiquary is one concerned with Antiquities or things of the past Natural history is the Scientific research of Plants or Animals leaning more towards the Observational than Experimental methods Getty was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. The Royal Belfast Academical Institution, commonly known as 'Inst He became Ballast Master of the Belfast Ballast Board and, later, Secretary of the Belfast Harbour Board. Ballast is used in Sailboats to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the Sail. He was responsible for the reclamation of the slob-lands on the County Down and building of a'Crystal Palace' park. A polder is a low-lying tract of land enclosed by embankments known as dikes, that forms an artificial hydrological entity meaning it has no connection with A salt marsh is a type of Marsh that is a transitional intertidal between land and salty or Brackish water (e County Down, ( Ulster Scots: Coontie Doun. is one of the nine counties that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form He wrote Chinese Seals in Ireland , The History of the Harbour Board , Last King of Ulster and articles on Tory Island and round towers. Tory Island (official name Toraigh and also known in Irish as Oileán Thoraigh or previously Oileán Thúr Rí) is an island in Ireland This is about Irish-style round towers See Round tower for other types of towers He was a founder member of the Belfast Natural History Society and one of the founders of Belfast Botanic Gardens. The Belfast Natural History Society was founded in 1821 to promote the scientific study of Animals Plants, Fossils, rocks and Minerals Belfast Botanic Gardens is a public park in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

References

• Nash, R. and Ross, H. C. G. The development of natural history in early 19th century Ireland in From Linnaeus to Darwin: commentaries on the history of biology and geology Society for the bibliography of Natural History 13:27-
• Foster, John Wilson; and Helena C. G. Chesney (eds. ) (1997). Nature in Ireland: A Scientific and Cultural History. Dublin: Lilliput Press. ISBN 1-874675-29-5.  

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