Patrick N. Wyse Jackson MRIA is an Associate Professor in the Geology department at the School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin. His research area has focused on bryozoans that range in age from the Ordovician to the Recent, with particular emphasis on Mississippian faunas. In addition to bryozoological studies, he has an interest in the history of geology and science, particularly in biographical aspects of Irish scientists. He is the editor of Science and Engineering in Ireland in 1798: A Time of Revolution (2000).