William Andrew Clark
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Dr William Andrew Clark FRSE (1911-1983) was a Scottish botanist known for collections largely in the Outer Hebrides.{{Cite web |title=Collector: William Andrew Clark |url=http://herbariaunited.org/collector/10010/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085422/http://herbariaunited.org/collector/10010/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=16 October 2015 |website=HerbariaUnited}} He was an expert on spermatophytes and the flora of north-east England.{{Cite web |title=Clark, William Andrew |url=http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?mode=details&id=64112 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411184411/https://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?mode=details&id=64112 |archive-date=11 April 2021 |access-date=16 October 2015 |website=Harvard University Herbaria - Database - Botanists}}
Life
He was born in Girvan in Ayrshire the son of Thomas Clark. He attended Alva Academy 1916-1923 and then Harris Academy in Dundee 1923–1929.
He attended St Andrews University gaining a BSc in 1932 and a PhD in 1936. He lectured in Botany firstly at Liverpool University then at Newcastle University until retiring in 1976.{{cite book|title=Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists|author=Desmond, Ray|year=1994|page=149|publisher=CRC Press |isbn=9780850668438|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=thmPzIltAV8C&pg=PA149|access-date=3 October 2020|archive-date=28 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328124609/https://books.google.com/books?id=thmPzIltAV8C&pg=PA149|url-status=live}}
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1957.{{Cite book |url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |title=Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J) |author=C D Waterston |author2=A Macmillan Shearer |website=Royal Society of Edinburgh |isbn=090219884X |date=July 2006 |access-date=18 September 2015 |archive-date=24 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |url-status=dead}}
He died in Ryton, Tyne and Wear on 19 November 1983.
Family
He married Helena Heslop-Harrison, daughter of John William Heslop-Harrison FRSE in 1941.
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Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Category:People educated at Harris Academy
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