President of the British Science Association (1872)
CB (1879)
Fellow of the Royal Botanic Society
FGS
FLS
MRCS
President of the Royal Medical Society
Spouse
Louisa Powell (ca 1813–1887) married 1840
Children
Five sons
Parents
Dr Lant Carpenter,
Anna Carpenter (née Penn)
Relatives
Philip Pearsall Carpenter (brother)
Russell Lant Carpenter (brother)
Mary Carpenter (sister)
Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter (grandson)
Awards
Royal Medal (1861)
Lyell Medal (1883)
Signature
William Benjamin Carpenter CB FRS (29 October 1813 – 19 November 1885)[1][2] was an English physician, invertebrate zoologist, and physiologist. He was instrumental in the early stages of the unified University of London.
^Smith, Roger (September 2004). "Carpenter, William Benjamin (1813–1885)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4742. Retrieved 24 June 2010. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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"Sketch of W. B. Carpenter". The Popular Science Monthly. 28: 538–544. February 1886. ISSN 0161-7370.
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