Edward Hearle Rodd
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Edward Hearle Rodd ornithologist, born at the vicarage of St Just in Roseland
, Cornwall
, on 17 March 1810, was third son of Edward Rodd, D.D. (1768–1842), by his wife Harriet, daughter of Charles Rashleigh
, esq., of Duporth, Cornwall.
school, and trained for the law, being admitted to practise as a solicitor in Trinity term 1832. Early in the following year he settled at Penzance
, where he entered into partnership with George Dennis John. On John's death Rodd was joined by one Drake, and after the latter's death the firm became Rodd & Cornish. Rodd retired about 1878. He had also held many official posts in the town. He was town clerk from 1847, clerk to the local board from 1849, clerk to the Board of Guardians
from the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
, and superintendent registrar, besides being head distributor of stamps in Cornwall from 1844 to 1867. He died unmarried at Penzance on 25 Jan. 1880, and was buried in the cemetery there.
, and the Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall
from 1843 onwards.
His collection passed to his nephew, F. R. Rodd, esq., at Trebartha Hall, Launceston.
Attribution
St Just in Roseland
St Just in Roseland is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated six miles south of Truro and two miles north of St Mawes....
, Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, on 17 March 1810, was third son of Edward Rodd, D.D. (1768–1842), by his wife Harriet, daughter of Charles Rashleigh
Charles Rashleigh
Rashleigh is a surname that has connotations of wealth and status in Cornwall in the United Kingdom.The Rashleighs of Fowey and Menabilly were powerful merchants in the time of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Philip Rashleigh, younger son of a family from Barnstaple in Devon, had purchased the manor of...
, esq., of Duporth, Cornwall.
Life
He was educated at Ottery St MaryOttery St Mary
Ottery St Mary, known as "Ottery" , is a town in the East Devon district of Devon, England, on the River Otter, about ten miles east of Exeter on the B3174. It is part of a large civil parish of the same name, which also covers the villages of West Hill, Metcombe, Fairmile, Alfington, Tipton St...
school, and trained for the law, being admitted to practise as a solicitor in Trinity term 1832. Early in the following year he settled at Penzance
Penzance
Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...
, where he entered into partnership with George Dennis John. On John's death Rodd was joined by one Drake, and after the latter's death the firm became Rodd & Cornish. Rodd retired about 1878. He had also held many official posts in the town. He was town clerk from 1847, clerk to the local board from 1849, clerk to the Board of Guardians
Board of Guardians
Boards of guardians were ad hoc authorities that administered Poor Law in the United Kingdom from 1835 to 1930.-England and Wales:The boards were created by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, replacing the parish Overseers of the Poor established under the old poor law, following the recommendations...
from the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, sometimes abbreviated to PLAA, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Lord Melbourne that reformed the country's poverty relief system . It was an Amendment Act that completely replaced earlier legislation based on the...
, and superintendent registrar, besides being head distributor of stamps in Cornwall from 1844 to 1867. He died unmarried at Penzance on 25 Jan. 1880, and was buried in the cemetery there.
Ornithological studies
Rodd was an ardent ornithologist, and especially interested in the question of migration. He studied minutely the avifauna of his county, and it was entirely due to his exertion that many a rare bird was rescued from oblivion, while several species were added by him to the list of British birds. He contributed upwards of twenty papers on ornithological matters to the Zoologist, the IbisIbis (journal)
Ibis, subtitled the International Journal of Avian Science, is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the British Ornithologists' Union. Topics covered include ecology, conservation, behaviour, palaeontology, and taxonomy of birds. The editor-in-chief is Paul F. Donald. The journal is published by...
, and the Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall
Royal Institution of Cornwall
The Royal Institution of Cornwall was founded in Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom, in 1818 as the Cornwall Literary and Philosophical Institution. The Institution was one of the earliest of seven similar societies established in England and Wales. The RIC moved to its present site in River Street...
from 1843 onwards.
His collection passed to his nephew, F. R. Rodd, esq., at Trebartha Hall, Launceston.
Books
- A List of British Birds as a Guide to the Ornithology of Cornwall, particularly in the Land's End district: with remarks on the capture, habits, &c., of some of the rarer species, & species new to Britain and an appendix with a list of some of the rarer and interesting British birds observed at Scilly since 1843. London: Simpkin, Marshall; Penzance: W. Cornish, 1864; 2nd edit. 1869
- The Birds of Cornwall and the Scilly Islands; edited by James Harting, London: Trübner, 1880 (includes "brief memoir")
Sources
- Memoir by J. E. Harting, prefixed to Birds of Cornwall
- BoaseGeorge Clement BoaseGeorge Clement Boase was an English bibliographer and antiquary.-Biography:Boase's father was a banker, and Boase himself took up banking in Cornwall and London as a young man from 1846 to 1854...
and Courtney's Bibliotheca Cornubiensis; ii. p. 580, and Suppl. p. 1327 - information kindly supplied by his nephew, F. R. Rodd, of Trebartha Hall, Launceston
- Brit. Mus. Cat.
- Royal Soc. Cat.
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