Thomas Workman

Thomas Workman (14 August 1843 – 11 May 1900) was an Irish entomologist and arachnologist who travelled widely collecting butterflies and studying spiders. Thomas became a successful businessman, at first in the linen trade and then in shipbuilding. He was vice-chairman of Workman Clark and director of the Irish Weaving Company, as well as being a Justice of the Peace. SemiCaryatid Victoria Street, Belfast. One of five symbolic of trade (1865)

Family and legacy

He married Margaret Elliot and they had seven children; their son Robert was president of the Linen Hall Library for over 20 years. Phidippus workmanii Peckham & Peckham Goleta workmanii Peckham & Peckham

Published works

1880 Irish Spiders in The Entomologist 1896 Malaysian Spiders Volume 1 Privately published in Belfast. (Volume II was completed but not published before his death )

Collections

Campbell College, Belfast: Lepidoptera Ulster Museum, Belfast: Lepidoptera National Museum of Ireland, Dublin Irish spiders: Lepidoptera Natural History Museum, London World spiders: Lepidoptera

His ethnographic collections are in the Ulster Museum in Belfast. He also donated a collection to the National Museum in Dublin.

Correspondence Workman's correspondence, diaries etc. are in the Public records Office Belfast.