William Andrew Clark Explained

Dr William Andrew Clark FRSE (1911-1983) was a Scottish botanist known for collections largely in the Outer Hebrides.^[1] He was an expert on spermatophytes and the flora of north-east England.^[2]

Life

He was born in Girvan in Ayrshire the son of Thomas Clark. He attended Alva Academy 1916-1923 and then Harris Academy in Dundee 1923–1929.

He attended St Andrews University gaining a BSc in 1932 and a PhD in 1936. He lectured in Botany firstly at Liverpool University then at Newcastle University until retiring in 1976.^[3] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1957.^[4]

He died in Ryton, Tyne and Wear on 19 November 1983.

Family

He married Helena Heslop-Harrison, daughter of John William Heslop-Harrison FRSE in 1941.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Collector: William Andrew Clark . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085422/http://herbariaunited.org/collector/10010/ . 4 March 2016 . 16 October 2015 . HerbariaUnited.
2. Web site: Clark, William Andrew . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210411184411/https://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?mode=details&id=64112 . 11 April 2021 . 16 October 2015 . Harvard University Herbaria - Database - Botanists.
3. Book: Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists. Desmond, Ray. 1994. 149. CRC Press . 9780850668438. 3 October 2020. 28 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220328124609/https://books.google.com/books?id=thmPzIltAV8C&pg=PA149. live.
4. Book: Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J) . C D Waterston . A Macmillan Shearer . . 090219884X . July 2006 . 18 September 2015 . 24 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf . dead.