| Authorised form of name | Harvey; William Henry (1811 - 1866) |
| Dates | 1811 - 1866 |
| Place of birth | Summerville House, near Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland |
| Date of birth | 05 February 1811 |
| Place of death | Torquay, Devon |
| Date of death | 15 May 1866 |
| Research field | Botany |
| Activity | Education:
Quaker school at Newtown, Co Waterford and Ballitore, Co Kildare; MD (hon. causa), University of Dublin (1844)
Career:
Accompanied his brother Joseph who was Colonial treasurer to Cape Town (1834) and appointed in his stead on his death (1836), resigned due to illness (1841); Curator of the Herbarium, Trinity College Dublin (1844); Professor of Botany, Royal Dublin Society (1848); Professor of Botany, Trinity College Dublin (1856); visited USA (1849-1850); toured Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific (1854-1856)
Memberships:
FLS (1857); MRIA
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/06/1858 |
| Relationships | Son of Joseph Massey and Rebecca (nee Mark) Harvey; married (1861) Elizabeth Lecky Phelps |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Irish Innovators
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1867-1868 vol 16 pp xxii-xxiii
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84
B Heap, 'From the dust of the Earth? Things come to life: spontaneous generation revisited by Henry Harris' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 107-108 |
| Code | NA3700 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/Maull/001978 | Harvey, William Henry | nd |
| EC/1858/07 | Harvey, William Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| HS/9/247 | Letter, from William Henry Harvey to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ludgate Hill | 17 June 1839 |
| HS/9/252 | Letter, from William Henry Harvey to Sir John Herschel | undated |
| HS/9/255 | Letter, from William Henry Harvey to Sir John Herschel | undated |
| HS/9/250 | Letter, from William Henry Harvey to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dublin | 30 March 1844 |
| HS/9/242 | Letter, from William Henry Harvey to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Cape Town] | 24 October 1837 |
| HS/9/254 | Letter, from William Henry Harvey to Sir John Herschel | undated |
| HS/9/253 | Letter, from William Henry Harvey to Sir John Herschel | undated |
| HS/9/251 | Letter, from William Henry Harvey to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cork | 2 September 1845 |
| HS/9/249 | Letter, from William Henry Harvey to Sir John Herschel, dated at Limerick | 5 January 1844 |
| HS/9/243 | Letter, from William Henry Harvey to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Cape Town] | 26 October 1837 |
| HS/9/246 | Letter, from William Henry Harvey to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Cape Town] | 28 November 1838 |
| HS/9/245 | Letter, from William Henry Harvey to Sir John Herschel, dated at [Cape Town] | 20 August 1838 |
| HS/9/244 | Letter, from William Henry Harvey to Sir John Herschel | 6 November 1837 |
| HS/9/248 | Letter, from William Henry Harvey to Sir John Herschel, dated at Limerick | 4 December 1843 |