William Sanders
1799–1875
Geologist. Seed and hop merchant in Bristol until 1856. A founder of the Bristol Institution for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and the Arts, 1835; honorary curator, 1856–72. Carried out a detailed geological survey of the Bristol area, 1835–62. First president of the Bristol Naturalists’ Society, 1862–75. Director of Bristol Waterworks from 1865. Elected a fellow of the Geological Society of London, 1839. FRS 1864.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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