William Brand (botanist)

William Brand WS FRSE (5 January 1807, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire – 18 October 1869) was a Scottish solicitor, banker, botanist and plant collector.

A partner at Scott, Findlay & Balderston WS of Edinburgh, and secretary to the Union Bank of Scotland (1846–69), Brand was a founder member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh.

Life

He was born in Peterhead in Scotland the son of Charles Brand a farmer. He was apprenticed to Scott, Findlay and Balderston in 1834, rising to become a partner in the firm. In 1848 he married Eleanor Bruce Mitchell. In 1863 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[1]

In 1836 he is shown as working from 18 Dundas Street in Edinburgh's New Town.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
  2. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vUJCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=William+Brand+botanist&source=bl&ots=N7TK4Ecd3m&sig=YvUTjDvZnBSrTP6Xp9U_U1Ysfek&hl=en&sa=X&ei=C5xQVaGpF-Ga7gblzoHoCA&ved=0CEcQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=William%20Brand%20botanist&f=false


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