Person Carruthers; William (1830 - 1922); botanist and palaeobotanist Carruthers William botanist and palaeobotanist 1830 - 1922 British Male Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland 29 May 1830 18300529 02/06/1922 19220602 Burial: Elmers End Cemetery, Bromley, London

25 Wellington Street, Islington (1871); 44 Central Hill, Norwood

botanist and palaeobotanist Botany Education: Moffat Academy; Edinburgh University Career: Lecturer in Botany at the New Veterinary College in Edinburgh; assistant secretary to the Royal Society of Edinburgh; assistant in the botany department of he British Museum (1859); Keeper of Botany (1871-1895). Memberships: FLS (President 1886-1890); FRMS (President 1900-1901); FGS Parents: Samuel Carruthers, merchant Spouse: Jeanie, daughter of William Moffat, Architect, of Edinburgh (1865) Expert on graptolites. Published works on oaks, diatoms, mosses, fossil ferns, fossil Cycads, Calamites, and Lepidodendron. Fellow 08/06/1871 41 Richard Owen; John Edward Gray; John Joseph Bennett; Charles Lyell; George Bentham; Joseph Prestwich; Henry William Bristow; John Jeremiah Bigsby; Daniel Hanbury; Robert McAndrew; James Scott Bowerbank Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1925 vol 97 pp vi-viii signed by A B R International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 RCN 50470 RCN 41654 RCN 32102 29 May 1830 - 2 Jun 1922 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 24/04/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA6405 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/41995962 f4b02061-f39c-428c-875b-d62eabc1dde3