English palaeontologist.
John William Salter (15 December 1820 – 2 December 1869) was an English naturalist, geologist, and palaeontologist. Salter was apprenticed in 1835 to James De Carle Sowerby, and was engaged in drawing and engraving the plates for Sowerby's Mineral Conchology, the Supplement to Sowerby's English Botany, and other natural history works. In 1842, he was employed for a short time by Adam Sedgwick in arranging the fossils in the Woodwardian Museum at Cambridge, and he accompanied the professor on several geological expeditions (1842–1845) into Wales. Salter was born in Pratt Place, Camden Town, th
Abbreviations: J.W.Salter
Occupations: scientific collector, geologist, paleontologist, botanist
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Languages: English
Dates: 1820-12-15T00:00:00Z – 1869-08-02T00:00:00Z
Direct attributions: 1 plant, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 1 plant, 0 fungi