| Authorised form of name | Archer; William (1830 - 1897) |
| Dates | 1830 - 1897 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Magherahamlet, County Down |
| Date of birth | 06 May 1830 |
| Place of death | 52 Lower Mount Street, Dublin, Ireland |
| Date of death | 14 August 1897 |
| Research field | Natural history |
| Microscopy |
| Activity | Career:
Secretary, Dublin Microscopical Club; Secretary, Victoria Slate Company (Limited); Librarian, National Library of Ireland (1877-1895)
Memberships:
MRIA
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/06/1875 |
| Relationships | Eldest son of Rev Richard Archer, vicar of Clonduff, and his wife Jane Matilda, daughter of Watkins William Verling of Dublin; unmarried |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1897-1898 vol 62 pp xl-xlii signed by W T T D |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/42145067077466630953 |
| Royal Society code | NA6440 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1875/16 | Archer, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/3/396 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Valentine Ball, Fellow of the Royal Society | 30 May 1889 |
| NLB/3/449 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Archer, Fellow of the Royal Society | 13 June 1889 |
| NLB/6/250 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Archer, Fellow of the Royal Society, National Library of Ireland, Dublin | 31 March 1892 |
| NLB/7/339 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Wiliam Archer, Fellow of the Royal Society | 24 January 1893 |
| NLB/15/365 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Miss Maud E Florac, 52 Lower Mount Street, Dublin | 26 August 1897 |
| NLB/9/490 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Archer, Fellow of the Royal Society, National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin | 28 May 1894 |
| NLB/15/388 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 10 September 1897 |
| NLB/15/414 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Miss Maude E Florac, 52 Lower Mount Street, Dublin | 25 September 1897 |
| MC/12/210 | Letter from Wm [William] Archer, Librarian of the National Library of Ireland, Science and Art Department, Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 22 October 1881 |
| MC/10/269 | Letter from Wm [William] Archer, St Brendan's Grosvenor-Road East, Rathmines, Dublin, to Professor G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society | 15 June 1875 |
| MC/10/343 | Letter from Wm [William] Archer, St Brendan's, Grosvenor-Road, Rathmines, Dublin, to W [Walter] White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, London | 2 February 1876 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| MC/11/227 | Letter from Wm [William] Archer, St Brendan's, Grosvenor Road, Rathmines, Dublin, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society], London | 17 June 1878 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |