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'''William Baird''' {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Fellow of the Royal Society of London|FRS]] [[Fellow of the Linnean Society|FLS]]}} (11 January 1803, in [[Eccles, Berwickshire]] – 27 January 1872) was a Scottish physician and zoologist best known for his 1850 work, ''The Natural History of the British Entomostraca''. |
'''William Baird''' {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Fellow of the Royal Society of London|FRS]] [[Fellow of the Linnean Society|FLS]]}} (11 January 1803, in [[Eccles, Berwickshire]] – 27 January 1872) was a Scottish physician and zoologist best known for his 1850 work, ''The Natural History of the British Entomostraca''. |
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Baird studied at the [[High School of Edinburgh]], before studying medicine at the universities of [[University of Edinburgh|Edinburgh]], [[Trinity College, Dublin|Dublin]], and [[University of Paris|Paris]].<ref name="obituary">{{cite journal |author=Anonymous |year=1871 |title=Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased |journal=[[Proceedings of the Royal Society]] |volume=20 |issue=130–138 |pages=i–xxxiv |doi=10.1098/rspl.1871.0003|s2cid=186213563 }}</ref> He was a [[surgeon]] for the [[East India Company]] from 1823 to 1833, travelling to [[India]], China and other countries, and taking a keen interest in those countries' [[natural history]].<ref name="obituary"/> He helped found the [[Berwickshire Naturalists' Club]] in 1829, and contributed regularly to its publications.<ref name="obituary"/> Baird practised as a doctor in London until 1841, when he joined the zoology department of the [[British Museum]] (now part of the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]]).<ref name="obituary"/> He is buried in the [[Kensal Green Cemetery]], London. |
Baird studied at the [[High School of Edinburgh]], before studying medicine at the universities of [[University of Edinburgh|Edinburgh]], [[Trinity College, Dublin|Dublin]], and [[University of Paris|Paris]].<ref name="obituary">{{cite journal |author=Anonymous |year=1871 |title=Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased |journal=[[Proceedings of the Royal Society]] |volume=20 |issue=130–138 |pages=i–xxxiv |doi=10.1098/rspl.1871.0003|s2cid=186213563 }}</ref> He was a [[surgeon]] for the [[East India Company]] from 1823 to 1833, travelling to [[India]], China and other countries, and taking a keen interest in those countries' [[natural history]].<ref name="obituary"/> He helped found the [[Berwickshire Naturalists' Club]] in 1829, and contributed regularly to its publications.<ref name="obituary"/> Baird practised as a doctor in London until 1841, when he joined the zoology department of the [[British Museum]] (now part of the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]]), where he worked until his death.<ref name="obituary"/><ref name="">{{Cite Q|Q19061539}}</ref> He is buried in the [[Kensal Green Cemetery]], London. |
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William Baird FRS FLS (11 January 1803, in Eccles, Berwickshire – 27 January 1872) was a Scottish physician and zoologist best known for his 1850 work, The Natural History of the British Entomostraca.
Biography
[edit]Baird studied at the High School of Edinburgh, before studying medicine at the universities of Edinburgh, Dublin, and Paris.[1] He was a surgeon for the East India Company from 1823 to 1833, travelling to India, China and other countries, and taking a keen interest in those countries' natural history.[1] He helped found the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club in 1829, and contributed regularly to its publications.[1] Baird practised as a doctor in London until 1841, when he joined the zoology department of the British Museum (now part of the Natural History Museum), where he worked until his death.[1][2] He is buried in the Kensal Green Cemetery, London.
Work
[edit]Baird's most important work, The Natural History of the British Entomostraca, was published by the Ray Society in 1850.[1] He published many other papers on diverse topics, and in 1858 he published a popular Cyclopædia of the Natural Sciences.[1] He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society, a member of the Imperial and Royal Botanical Society of Vienna and a Fellow of the Royal Society.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Anonymous (1871). "Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased". Proceedings of the Royal Society. 20 (130–138): i–xxxiv. doi:10.1098/rspl.1871.0003. S2CID 186213563.
- ^ Reginald Edward Thompson (1885). "Baird, William". Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900. 2: 448. Wikidata Q19061539.
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- Natural History of British Entomostraca, Biodiversity Heritage Library
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