William Saunders
1836–1914
Pharmacist, plant breeder, and entomologist. Emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1848. Apprenticed to a druggist at the age of 19, and opened a pharmacy in 1855. Bought a farm east of London, Ontario, in 1869, and began hybridising fruit-trees. President, Entomological Society of Canada, 1875–86; Fruit Growers’ Association, 1882–6. Editor, Canadian Entomologist, 1873–86. Author of Insects injurious to fruits (1883). First director of the Dominion Experimental Farms, Canada, 1886–1911. Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, 1886.
Sources
DCB
R. Desmond 1994
Bibliography
DCB: Dictionary of Canadian biography. Edited by George W. Brown et al. 13 vols. and index to first 12 vols. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press. 1966–94.
Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.
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