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Thomas Croxen Archer
On 27 December 1841, he married Mary Eleanor Salmon (1818-1879) at St. Paul's, Deptford, London. Their daughter Emma Archer married Captain Bruno Bruno (sic).Archer grave, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh
In 1861, he was living at 46 Gilmore Place, with his wife Mary Eleanor Archer, seven children and two other people.
In 1881, he was living at 5 West Newington Terrace, with two of his children and five other people.
He died on 19 February 1885 and is buried in
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(1817 – 19 February 1885) was a British botanist, and from 1860 was Director of the Industrial Museum of Scotland, renamed the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art in 1864, a post he held until his death in 1885 (the museum has since been merged into the National Museum of Scotland
The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum (opened in ...
).
Early life and education
Archer was born in 1817 inHardingstone
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in Northamptonshire
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two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
.
Career
From 1842 to 1856, he worked as a customs officer inLiverpool
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. He studied botany at the medical school in Liverpool and at Queen's College there, and went on to be Professor of Botany at the college.
Archer was Superintendent and then Director of the Industrial Museum of Scotland, from 1860 to 1864.
He then became the first Director of the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, a post he held from 1864 until his death in 1885. The museum later became the Royal Scottish Museum, and in 2006 was merged with the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland to form the National Museum of Scotland
The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum (opened in ...
.
He was a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts from 1861 (and its President in 1874), the Botanical Society of Edinburgh (President for 1861–62), and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ...
in 1876.
Personal life
On 27 December 1841, he married Mary Eleanor Salmon (1818-1879) at St. Paul's, Deptford, London. Their daughter Emma Archer married Captain Bruno Bruno (sic).Archer grave, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh
In 1861, he was living at 46 Gilmore Place, with his wife Mary Eleanor Archer, seven children and two other people.
In 1881, he was living at 5 West Newington Terrace, with two of his children and five other people.
He died on 19 February 1885 and is buried in Grange Cemetery
The Grange (originally St Giles' Grange) is an affluent suburb of Edinburgh, just south of the city centre, with Morningside and Greenhill to the west, Newington to the east, The Meadows park and Marchmont to the north, and Blackford Hil ...
in south Edinburgh. The grave lies on the south-east corner of the main north-west section facing the main central path.
References
1817 births 1885 deaths British botanists People from Hardingstone Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh {{UK-scientist-stub