Background
BENHAM, William Blaxland was born on March 29, 1860 in Isleworth, Middlesex. 3rd son of E. Benham, solicitor, London.
BENHAM, William Blaxland was born on March 29, 1860 in Isleworth, Middlesex. 3rd son of E. Benham, solicitor, London.
Marlborough; University College, London. Doctor of Science (Lond). Master of Arts Oxfordshire.
Master in Surgery.
Assistant to Sir E. Ray Lankester, University College, 1886-1890. Aldrichian Demonstrator in Morphology, University of Oxford, 1891-1898. Lecturer in Biology, Bedford College for Women, London, 1886-1898.
President Secretariat D Australian Association Advancement of Science, 1902. Governor New Zealand Institute, 1905. Professor of Biology, University of Otago, New Zealand, since 1898. ; Royal Society Tasmania.
Fellow of the Royal Society. Fellow of the Zoological Society.