| Authorised form of name | Sanders; William (1799 - 1875) |
| Dates | 1799 - 1875 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Bristol, Gloucestershire, England |
| Date of birth | 12 January 1799 |
| Date of death | 12 November 1875 |
| Research field | Geology |
| Activity | Career:
In Partnership with his brother as corn merchants; retired from business to concentrate on science; constructed a geological map of the Bristol coal field (1832-1862)
Memberships:
FGS (1839); Bristol Naturalists' Society (President ); British Philosophical and Literary Society.
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/06/1864 |
| Relationships | Unmarried |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Code | NA5806 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MC/7/38 | Letter from Wm [William] Sanders, 21 Richmond Terrace, Clifton, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 24 March 1864 |
| EC/1864/12 | Sanders, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/7/39 | Letter from Wm [William] Sanders, 21 Richmond Terrace, Clifton, to [Sir Edward Sabine], President of the Royal Society | 24 March 1864 |
| MC/7 | Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1864-1866 |
| MC/11/53 | Letter from S H Swayne, Honorary Secretary of the Bristol Museum & Library, Queen's Road, Bristol, to the Publication Committee of the Royal Society, London | April 1877 |
| MC/11 | Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1877-1879 |