Background
BOTTOMLEY, William Beecroft was born in 1863 in Apperley Bridge, Leeds. Son of J. Bottomley, Fern Cliffe, Morecambe.
BOTTOMLEY, William Beecroft was born in 1863 in Apperley Bridge, Leeds. Son of J. Bottomley, Fern Cliffe, Morecambe.
Studied at Royal Grammar School, Lancaster. King’s College Cambridge Science Tutor and Lecturer on Biology, St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, 1886-1891. Cambridge University Extension Lecturer, 1891-1894.
Interested in Agricultural Co-operation. Master of Arts (Cambridge). Doctor of Philosophy.
Founder of South-Eastern Co-operative Agricultural Society. Honourable Secretary Agricultural Banks Association. Honourable Secretary English Land Colonisation Society.
Professor of Biology, Royal Veterinary College London, since 1891. Professor of Botany, King’s College, London, since 1893. ; Fellow, King’s College, London.
Fellow of the Linnean Society. Fellow of the Chemical Society.
Photography, cycling.