The famous botanist and father of Sir Joseph Dalton (see above), who was also a Professor of Botany at Glasgow and Director of Kew Gardens. Most accounts of his life do not refer to a particular interest in entomology but he was born in the area of Norwich and DNB records that he knew Kirby, Spence and the other Norwich entomologists well. Stephens (1828), p.52, refers to him . There is an example of a Bruchus from Bahia in the HDO bearing Sir William's name and the date 18.8.53 (Smith (1986), p.126). (MD 5/03)
Dates
6 July 1785 - 12 August 1865