1811. Went to school at Ballitore, Co. Kildare, the master of which was an accomplished botanist. Sailed in 1835 for Cape Town and studied the botany of South Africa. Returned to England in 1842, and became the leading authority on algæ. Hon. M.D. of Dublin and Curator of the Herbarium of Trinity College, 1844; and succeeded, in 1856, to the Chair of Botany at the University. In 1849 he visited the United States, and between 1853-6 India, Australia and the South Sea Islands. Author of "Genera of S. African Plants," 1838; "Manual of British Algae," 1841; "Phycologia Britannica," 1846-51; and numerous other works. Died at Torquay. The genus Harveya was dedicated to him. At Kew there is a coloured crayon drawing of him by Sir Daniel Macnee, P.R.S.A., also a bust, seated, clean shaven, face three-quarters to the left. Dimensions 17½ ins. by 13¾ ins. Hooker collection. Also a lithograph, 1850, by T. H. Maguire. Half length, seated, holding a book, face three-quarters to the right. Autograph (facsimile) (8).
"In 1851 he visited Australia for the purpose of investigating the Algology of its shores; he landed at King George's Sound, went overland to Swan River and Cape Riche, then to Melbourne, Tasmania, and Sydney, forming magnificent collections of Algæ, many of which have been published in the "Phycologia Australica," in this work, and elsewhere." (3).
In addition to the works already enumerated, see "Nereis australis; or Algæ of the Southern Ocean, etc." London, 1847, 8 vo. "Some account of the marine botany of the Colony of Western Australia," (Trans. B. Irish Acad, xxii.) Dublin, 1855, 4 to. "Phycologica australica: or a History of the Australian Seaweeds, etc." London, 1858-63, 5 vols. 8 vo. See also his papers on the Algæ of Tasmania, Tas. Journ., Vol. II, pp. 377, 421, 1846; Vol. ill, pp. 55, 153, 209, 1849. See also an obituary notice in Seemann's Journ.
