| 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.]. |
