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### Author
\* Archer, William (of Dublin) (1830-1897), Irish botanist and microscopist, librarian, Royal Dublin Society 1876, id. to National Library of Ireland 1877-1895.
**Abbreviated name**: *W. Archer, Dubl.* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.Archer*\]
#### Note
See TL-2/1: 58.
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown. – The botanist William Archer who sent plants to J.D. Hooker was William Archer, F.R.S., 1820-1874, resident in Tasmania.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 71; BB p. 9; BM 1: 55; CSP 1: 86, 7: 42, 9: 62, 13: 142; Desmond p. 17 (b. 6 Mai 1830, d. 14 Aug 1897); De Toni 1: iii-v (bibl. Desmid.), 2: vii, 4: iii; DNB suppl. 1: 57, concise ed. p. 28; GR p. 754; Kew 1: 73; LS 1053-1057, 30620; Morren ed. 10, p. 79; MW p. 22; NAF 11(1): 87, 2(1): 69, ser. 2. 6: 56; Rehder 2: 9, 861, 3: 282; TL-2/1: 58.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Nat. Nov. 19: 518. 1897 (d. 14 Aug 1897 in Dublin); Ann. Scott, nat. Hist. 1898: 84; Bot. Not. 1898: 45 (d.).
- Frazer, W., Irish Naturalist 1897: 253-257 (portr.), abstract in J. Bot. 35: 501-502. 1897.
- Nordstedt, C.F.O., Index Desmid. Bibl. 3-7. 1896 (detailed bibl.).
- Praeger, R.L., Some Irish naturalists 41-42. 1949 (portr.).
- Prescott, G.W., Bibl. Desmid. Univ. 14-31. 1984 (main bibl. of his writings on Desmids).
- Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 89, *pl. 34.* 1903, 3(3): 75. 1905 (portr.).
### Publications
##### n.19.381. Observations on
**Title**
*Observations on* the genera *Cylindrocystis* (Meneghini), *Mesotaenium* (Näg.), and *Spirotaenia* (Bréb.) (is Palmogloea, Kütz., pro maxima parte), mainly induced by a paper by Dr. J. Braxton Hicks, F.R.S., F.L.S., on the lower forms of Algae... \[Quart. J. microsc. Sci. ... 1866\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1866 (read 5 Mai 1865), p. \[1\]-22. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Quart. J. microsc. Sci. ser. 2. 6: 203-224. 1866. – *Note*: John Braxton Hicks (1823-1897); for further details see e.g. Desmond p. 306 and CSP 3: 347, 7: 976, 10: 224, 15: 831.
##### n.19.382. On two species in Saprolegnieae
**Title**
*On two species in Saprolegnieae*, referable respectively to the genus Saprolegnia (Nees v. Esenb.) and Achyla (Nees v. Esenb.)... \[Quart. J. microsc. Sci.... 1867\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1867, p. \[1\]-7, \[8\], *pl. 6* (uncol. lith. auct.). *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Quart. J. microsc. Sci. ser. 2. 7: 121-127. 1867.
##### n.19.383. Notice of the genus Tetrapedia
**Title**
*Notice of the genus Tetrapedia* (Reinsch.). And of two kindred new forms... \[Quart. J. microsc. Sci.... 1872\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1872 (read 24 Jun 1872), *1 col. pl.* (frontisp., unsigned col. lith.), p. \[1\]-20. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Quart J. microsc. Sci. ser. 2. 12: 351-366, and \["On a minute Nostoc..."\] 367-374. 1872. – For first paper see also Grevillea 1: 44-47. 1873 and Proc. Irish Acad. 1: 296-309. 1873/74, and, second paper, Grevillea 1: 10-12, 23-26. 1873, Proc. Irish Acad. 1: 310-316. 1873/74, and Monthly microsc. J. 8: 90-91, 145. 1872.
##### n.19.384. Notes on some collections made from Furnas Lake
**Title**
*Notes on some collections made from Furnas Lake*, Azores, containing algae and a few other organisms... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal – Botany... \[1874\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 17 Oct 1874 (in journal), p. \[i, recto of 328\], \[328\]-340. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 328-340. 1874.
##### n.19.385. On the minute strueture
**Title**
*On the minute strueture* and mode of growth *of Ballia calliticha*, Ag. (sensu latiori) ... Extracted from the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London... \[1876\]. Qu.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1876 (in journal; read 15 Jun 1876), p. \[211\]-232, *pl. 28-29* (col. liths. Tuffen West). *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc. London ser. 2. 1(4): 211-232, *pl. 28-29.*1876.