Francis Archer

Francis Archer

Francis Archer
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Born	1839
Died	1892
Residence	Crosby, Liverpool 14 Cook Street, Liverpool
Occupation	collector naturalist
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow left 1890.01.28 resigned elected_AI 1882.03.21

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House Notes

1882.03.07 proposed
1887.11.22 The death of Mr F. Archer was announced
1888.01.10 The name of Mr Francis Archer, whose death had been reported on Nov. 22 1887, on the authority of an advertisement in the ‘Morning Post’, was ordered to be restored to the list of Members, the report having been shown to be erroneous
1890.01.28 The resignations of Francis Archer Esq. and of Maccullough Bey were received

Notes From Elsewhere

Francis Archer (1803–1875) was an Irish physician and naturalist.
Archer was one of the founder members of the Belfast Natural History Society and later President of the Liverpool Natural History Society. He had two sons, Francis Archer (1839–92), a shell collector, and Samuel Archer, (1836–1902), who collected shells in Singapore.

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Received many specimens from abroad sent by his brother Samuel Archer (1836-1902). Joint collection of the brothers in the Birmingham University Museum, UK. Some material in the Melvill-Tomlin collection in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK. See Woodward, F. R. 1963. Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society, 20: 3-14.