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William Ick
Welsh botanist and geologist

William Ick

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Welsh botanist and geologist
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Newport, City and County of Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
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44 years
Residence
Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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Biography

The frontispiece, catalogue and one herbarium sheet from Ick's herbarium, held in Birmingham Museums

William Ick (1800 – 23 September 1844) was an English botanist and geologist. In 1837 he won a prize offered by the United Committee of the Birmingham Botanical and Warwickshire Floral Societies for the best herbarium, known as a hortus siccus, of native plants collected within 10 miles (16 km) of Birmingham within a one-year period from 1 August 1836.

Early life

Ick was born at Newport in Shropshire in 1800. In 1803 his family moved to Birmingham. His father was a dealer in skins and hides.

Education

He was awarded a Ph.D. in Geology from a German university.

Career

Ick was a tutor at a school near Warwick before becoming the first curator of the Birmingham Philosophical Institution.

Contribution to botany

In 1835 the United Committee of the Birmingham Botanical and Warwickshire Floral Societies offered a prize for the best herbarium of native plants collected within a 10 miles radius of central Birmingham between 1 August 1836 and 1 August 1837. Ick won this prize with a herbarium of around 320 pressed plants and published his findings. In 1948 Ick's herbarium was presented to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery after being lost for over a century

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