William Saunders (1836–1914)

Pharmacist, plant breeder, and entomologist. Emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1848. Apprenticed to a druggist at the age of 19, and opened a pharmacy in 1855. Bought a farm east of London, Ontario, in 1869, and began hybridising fruit-trees. President, Entomological Society of Canada, 1875–86; Fruit Growers’ Association, 1882–6. Editor, Canadian Entomologist, 1873–86. Author of Insects injurious to fruits (1883). First director of the Dominion Experimental Farms, Canada, 1886–1911. Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, 1886.