William Sanders ( 1799 - 1875 )

Birth: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (12 January 1799) Death: 12 November 1875 Research Field: Geology Career: In Partnership with his brother as corn merchants; retired from business to concentrate on science; constructed a geological map of the Bristol coal field (1832-1862) Memberships: FGS (1839); Bristol Naturalists' Society (President ); British Philosophical and Literary Society.