Sir William Maurice Abbot-Anderson (January 18613 May 1938) was a British physician and conservationist. He served as physician and subsequently honorary physician to Louise, Princess Royal and household."Anderson, Sir Maurice Abbot, (1861–3 May 1938), retired; late Hon. Medical Officer to the Housing Association for Officers’ Families; Fellow Medical Society of London and Royal Society of Medicine; Member of the National Trust; of the Councils for the Preservation of Rural Wales, and the Association for the Preservation of Rural Scotland; Represents the Wild Plant Conservation Board on the Executive Committee of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England; Member of the Council of the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2007
Born in Sandgate, Kent, he studied medicine at University College London and Durham University.
He founded the Flora's League in 1925, becoming a leading figure on the Wild Plant Conservation Board of the Council for the Protection of Rural England.
He was appointed knight bachelor in 1912.The London Gazette, 8 March 1912 (issue 28588), pp. 1746. He was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1925.
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