William Baird (zoologist)
William Baird (born January 8, 1803 in Eccles , Berwickshire , † January 27, 1872 in London ) was a British zoologist and doctor. He was a specialist in lower crustaceans (Entomostraca) and wrote a monograph on it for the Ray Society .
Life
Baird went to school in Edinburgh and studied medicine in Edinburgh, Dublin and Paris. From 1823 he was a surgeon with the East India Company and in this capacity in India and China. In 1829 he returned to England (but traveled again to China in 1832/33) and was a resident doctor in London before he joined the zoological department of the British Museum (later the Natural History Museum ) in 1841 .
On his travels (which also took him to South Africa, South America and the Caribbean) he was also active as a naturalist.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society (1867) and the Linnean Society of London . In 1829 he was a founding member of the Berwickshire Naturalist Club.
Fonts
- Monograph of the family Limnadidae, a family of entomostracous Crustacea. In: Proceed. of the Zool. Soc. 1849, pp. 84-90
- The Natural History of British Entomostraca. Ray Society 1850, Archives
- Cyclopaedia of the Natural Sciences. Griffin, London 1858
- The Student's Natural History. Griffin, London 1863
Web links
- Biography, Zoological Society of London (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baird, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eccles , Berwickshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1872 |
| Place of death | London |