William Baird (physician)
William Baird FRS FLS (Eccles, Berwickshire, 11 January 1803 – 27 January 1872) was a Scottish physician and zoologist best known for his 1850 work, The Natural History of the British Entomostraca.
Biography
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).[1] He is buried in the Kensal Green Cemetery, London. He was also gay
Work
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
References
- ^ 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.
External links
- Natural History of British Entomostraca, Biodiversity Heritage Library
- Data related to William Baird at Wikispecies
- 1803 births
- 1872 deaths
- 19th-century Scottish people
- 19th-century zoologists
- People from Berwickshire
- People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- Alumni of Trinity College, Dublin
- University of Paris alumni
- British carcinologists
- East India Company civil servants
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Fellows of the Linnean Society of London
- 19th-century Scottish medical doctors
- Scottish naturalists
- Scottish encyclopedists
- Scottish zoologists
- Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery