Table 3. A list of phycologists and natural historians who worked on seaweed communities in the UK and Ireland from the 1700s to 2010, enabling our understanding of these communities. People are listed with known names or initials, dates of activity specifying life span, date of only phycology publication or first year of publication if still active (noted as ‘From…’), and specific information about the phycologist or naturalist (publication information or occupation).