Biographical entry Archer, William (1820 - 1874)

Summary

William Archer, born in Launceston, Tasmania, studied architecture in England and designed many Tasmanian buildings. His interest in botany led to his study at Kew Gardens, England 1856-1858 and his contribution of drawings to J.D. Hooker's Flora Tasmaniae.

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Events

1836 - 1840

Education - Studied architecture and surveying under William Rogers in London

1841 - 1842

Career position - Worked with the Engineer at Robert Stephenson at Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

1842

Life event - Returned to Tasmania

1842 - 1853

Career position - Architect. Location: England (?)

1844 -

Career position - Manager of the family farm in Tasmania

1851 - 1855

Career position - Member of the Legislative Council for Westbury, Tasmania

1856 - 1858

Career position - Botanical studies in England

1860 - 1862

Career position - Member of the House of Assembly for Devon, Tasmania

1866 - 1868

Career position - Member of the House of Assembly for Deloraine, Tasmania

1929

Taxonomy event - Honoured with Eucalyptus archeri Maiden & Blakely. Archer collected the type

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Archives Office of Tasmania

• William Archer - Records, 1965; Archives Office of Tasmania. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Linnean Society of London - Records, 1792 - 1870, FM 4/2699; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection

• William Archer - Records, 1847 - 1874, A.7; University of Tasmania Library, Special/Rare Collection. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details

Book Sections

• Stilwell, G. T., 'Archer, William (1820-1874), architect, naturalist, landowner and politician', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1969, pp. 40-41. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030044b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Hansen, Anita, 'The Significance of "H" in William H. Archer in Australian Herbarium Collections', Kanunnah, vol. 3, 2008, pp. 94-7. Details
• Maiden, J.H., 'Records of Tasmanian Botanists', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1909, pp. 9-29. Details

Theses

• Hansen, A., 'The illustrations and work of William Archer', M Fine Arts, University of Tasmania, 2007, 494 pp. Details

Online Resources

• 'Archer, William (1820-1874)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465658. Details

See also

• Hall, Norman, Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material, CSIRO, Melbourne, 1978, 101 pp. Details