William Sole

British botanist (1741-1802).

William Sole (1739 – 7 February 1802) was a British apothecary and botanist. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography states that William Sole was born in 1741 in Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire, However, evidence suggest that he was born in 1739 and Baptised on 28 September in Witchford, Cambridgeshire. William Sole was the first son of John and Martha Sole. Sometime after his birth, the family moved to Little Thetford. John and Martha had a further six children. John (bapt. 14 June 1741), Sarah (bapt. 15 May 1743), Elizabeth (bapt. 24 February 1744), Francis (bapt. 19 February 1748), Rob