William Brand (botanist)
William Brand WS FRSE (5 January 1807, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - 18 October 1869) was a Scottish solicitor, banker, botanist and plant collector.
A Partner at Scott, Findlay & Balderston WS of Edinburgh, and Secretary to the Union Bank of Scotland (1846-69), Brand was a founder member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh.
Life
He was born in Peterhead in Scotland the son of Charles Brand a farmer. He was apprenticed to Scott, Findlay and Balderston in 1834, rising to become a partner in the firm. In 1848 he married Eleanor Bruce Mitchell. In 1863 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[1]
In 1836 he is shown as working from 18 Dundas Street in Edinburgh's New Town.[2]
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References
- ^ http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
- ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vUJCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=William+Brand+botanist&source=bl&ots=N7TK4Ecd3m&sig=YvUTjDvZnBSrTP6Xp9U_U1Ysfek&hl=en&sa=X&ei=C5xQVaGpF-Ga7gblzoHoCA&ved=0CEcQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=William%20Brand%20botanist&f=false
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