William Henry Harvey ( 1811 - 1866 )

Birth: Summerville House, near Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland (05 February 1811) Death Place: Torquay, Devon (15 May 1866) Research Field: Botany Education: Quaker school at Newtown, Co Waterford and Ballitore, Co Kildare; MD (hon. causa), University of Dublin (1844) Career: Accompanied his brother Joseph who was Colonial treasurer to Cape Town (1834) and appointed in his stead on his death (1836), resigned due to illness (1841); Curator of the Herbarium, Trinity College Dublin (1844); Professor of Botany, Royal Dublin Society (1848); Professor of Botany, Trinity College Dublin (1856); visited USA (1849-1850); toured Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific (1854-1856) Memberships: FLS (1857); MRIA Membership: Fellow Election Date: 3/06/1858.