Thomas Croxen Archer
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Thomas Croxen Archer | |
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| Born | Hardingstone, Northamptonshire |
| Spouse | Mary Eleanor Salmon |
Thomas Croxen Archer FRSE FSA FRSSA (1817 – 19 February 1885) was a British botanist, and the first Director of the National Museum of Scotland, a post he held from 1864 until his death in 1885.
Early life and education
Thomas Croxen Archer was born in 1817 in Hardingstone in Northamptonshire.[1]
Career
From 1842-1856, he worked as a customs officer in Liverpool. He studied botany at the medical school in Liverpool and at Queen's College there, and went on to be Professor of Botany at the college.[2]
Archer was Superintendent and then Director of the Industrial Museum of Scotland, from 1860-1864.[3]
He was the first Director of the National Museum of Scotland, a post he held from 1864 until his death in 1885.[3]
He was a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts from 1861 (and its President in 1874), the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Publications
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Honours and awards
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Personal life
On 27 December 1841, he married Mary Eleanor Salmon at St. Paul's, Deptford, London.[4]
In 1861, he was living at 46 Gilmore Place, with his wife Mary Eleanor Archer, seven children and two other people.
In 1881, he was living at 5 West Newington Terrace, with two of his children and five other people.
References
- ^ http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1851&h=16708043&ti=5538&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t1191997_p183245735_kpidz0q3d183245735z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid
- ^ http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
- ^ a b "150 years old and still going strong!". National Museum of Scotland. 2011-10-21. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
- ^ http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/1191997/person/183245735
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Archer.
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