John Wickham Flower, Esq, was born on August 11, 1807, in London, England.
He was a British naturalist, geologist, paleontologist, and author. He was shaped by his education in Cambridgeshire, where a love for classical literature took root and flourished throughout his life. His curiosity led him to study archaeology and natural history, but it was geology that truly captured his imagination. Driven by relentless enthusiasm, he spared no effort or expense in expanding his collections. He ventured along the dramatic tertiary cliffs of Hampshire, where his keen eye uncovered the remarkable jaw of an alligator at Hordwell. His explorations extended to the Brickearth beds of Grays, yielding further treasures. In pursuit of discovery, he journeyed to Moreton Bay, Australia, gathering an exceptional array of land, freshwater, and marine mollusca, many previously unknown in his homeland. He was the author of numerous articles published in various geological and anthropological journals.
He died on April 11, 1873, in Croydon, England.
Stanley Smyth Flower was born on August 21, 1871, in St Giles, Middlesex, England.
He was a zoologist, army officer, science advisor, and conservationist. From a young age, Flower was passionate about natural history and often attended meetings at the Zoological Society. He studied at Rottingdean, Wellington College in Berkshire, and King's College in London. In 1888, he joined the army with the Artists' Rifles. Two years later, he joined the Northumberland Fusiliers and traveled to India and the Straits Settlements. In 1896, Flower became a scientific advisor to the Government of Siam and spent the next two years in Bangkok, where he managed the Zoological Museum.
In 1898, Flower became Director of the Zoological Gardens in Giza, a position he held until he retired in 1924. During these years, he traveled widely, including joining the First Sudd-Cutting Expedition in 1901 as a naturalist. In 1913, Field-Marshall Lord Kitchener sent him to India to report on animals kept in captivity. Flower also set up the Zoological Museum at Giza, founded an aquarium at Gezira, and in 1901, he was named Ranger of Central Africa. He helped organize the Sudan Game department, draft the Game Laws, and protect birds in Egypt. When war broke out in 1914, Flower returned to active service, leading the Transport Corps in the Canal Zone, Sinai, and Southern Palestine. He also served as Inspector of the Interior and Political Officer in Giza during the 1919 insurrection. For his work, he received the O.B.E., the Order of the Nile (3rd Class), and the Medjidich (4th Class).
Following his retirement in 1924, Flower and his family returned to England. He authored many papers and regularly attended scientific meetings of biological societies, including the Linnean Society and the Zoological Society. He was also a member of the British Ornithologists' Club and acted as Chairman from 1930 to 1933.
In 1896, he married Sibylla ("Sibyl") Maria Peckham Wallace (1876-1938). In 1939, he remarried Charlotte Dorothea Stewart (1889-1981). He died on February 3, 1946, in Tring, Hertfordshire, England.
William Henry Flower was born on November 30, 1831, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
He was an English surgeon, museum curator, and comparative anatomist. He was educated at University College, London, followed by Middlesex Hospital, where he studied medicine and surgery, graduating in 1851. After several years working in surgery, he served in the Crimean War in 1854, for which he received the Crimea Medal from Queen Victoria. Flower was appointed curator of the surgical museum of Middlesex Hospital, a post which he combined in 1858 with a lectureship in comparative anatomy. In 1857, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1862, he became a Conservator and Professor of Comparative Anatomy at the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, holding the post for 22 years. In 1864, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1882, he was awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society. He was also President of the Anthropological Institute (1883-1885). In 1884, he was appointed director of what were then the Natural History departments of the British Museum. In 1889, he became President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and in 1893, President of the Museums Association.
In 1858, he married Jane Georgiana Rosetta Smyth (1835–1923). He died on July 1, 1899, in London, England.
William Herbert Floyd was born on November 7, 1860, in Cobourg, Ontario.
He was a militia officer, merchant, and civil servant. He joined the 40th Regiment as a mess boy at the age of nine and retired as the Commanding Officer forty years later in 1909. In early 1916, he was appointed to raise the 139th Northumberland County Battalion, a unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War, and he became Lieutenant-Colonel. The Battalion sailed to England and returned home in May 1917. In civilian life, he was a dealer of men’s shoes and clothing lines. He was closely involved in municipal affairs and served one term as Cobourg mayor in 1903. In 1919, he was appointed police magistrate for Cobourg, a post he held until his retirement in 1932.
In 1881, he married Jessie Reid Mackay Gordon. He died on June 24, 1936, in Northumberland, Ontario.
