birth_place article_title name spouse
hardingstone , northamptonshire thomas croxen archer
 thomas croxen archer mary eleanor salmon
thomas croxen archer

thomas croxen archer frse fsa frssa -lrb- 1817 -- 19 february 1885 -rrb- was a british botanist , and the first director of the national museum of scotland , a post he held from 1864 until his death in 1885 .
