William Benjamin Carpenter CB FRS was an English physician, invertebrate zoologist, and physiologist. He was instrumental in the early stages of the unified University of London. Wikipedia
Born: October 29, 1813, Exeter, United Kingdom
Died: November 19, 1885 (age 72 years), London, United Kingdom
Children: Philip Herbert Carpenter and Joseph Estlin Carpenter
Parents: Lant Carpenter and Anna Carpenter
Siblings: Mary Carpenter and Philip Pearsall Carpenter
Awards: Royal Medal (1861) and Lyell Medal (1883)
Books
Principles of mental physiology
1874
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Principles of General and Comparative Physiology
1854
The microscope and its revelations
1856
Principles of Human Physiology: With Their Chief Applications to Psychology, Pathology, Therapeutics, Hygiène, and Forensic Medicine
1842
Mesmerism, spiritualism, &c.: historically & scientifically considered, being two lectures delivered at the London institution, with preface and appendix
1877
Introduction to the Study of the Foraminifera
1862