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Name	Dyer, William Turner Thiselton (Thistleton)
Date of birth	1843
Date of death	1928
Remarks	"b. Westminster, London, 28 Jul 1843; d. Witcombe, Glos., 23 Dec 1928. British (English) botanist. BA (Oxon) Natural Science 1867. BSc. London 1870. FLS 1872. FRS 1880. KCMG 1899. Professor of Natural History at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, 1868-1870. Professor of Botany, Royal College of Science, Dublin 1870-1872. Professor of Botany, Royal Horticultural Society, 1872. Private Secretary and Editorial Assistant to J. D. Hooker 1885-1905. Assistant Director Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1875-1885. Director 1885-1905. Retired to Witcombe, Glos. Knighted 1899. Introduce rubber to Sri Lanka and Malaya and cacao to Sri Lanka. Botanical advisor to secretary of state 1902-1906. Revived Flora capensis, started by Harvey & Sonder, taking responsibilty from 1891 onwards, and edited Vols. 4-7 (1895-1925). 1877 married Harriet Anne Hooker, daughter of the botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1 son & 1 daughter" (vide B. Bates) [author note: Herbarium and types: K; additional material at DBN, OXF]
URL	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Turner_Thiselton-Dyer; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/heritage/people/thiselton_dyer.html
ASA Botanist ID	102499 botanist
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/b6b7a333-a186-424f-8d58-bf902d4ab021
Variant name	Thistleton-Dyer, William Turner
Variant name	William Turner Thiselton- Dyer
Author name	Dyer
B & P Author Abbrev.	Dyer
Standard/Label Name	W. T. T. Dyer
Full Name	Dyer, William Turner Thiselton (Thistleton)
Specialty Author	Pteridophytes
Specialty Author	Spermatophytes
Citation as Author	Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as Author	Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht
Citation as Author	R. Desmond & F. N. Hepper, A century of Kew plantsmen: 159, 175-176. 1993 (2 portraits)
Citation as Author	R. Desmond, Dictionary of British & Irish botanists and horticulturists, ed.2: 677-678. 1994
Citation as Author	pers. comm. from B. Bates
Author in	Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.].
Holdings	Search for specimens collected by W. T. T. Dyer
Collections in	1873 (1)