William Bywater Grove

William Bywater Grove (24 October 1848 – 6 January 1938), was an English biologist, in particular a botanist and microbiologist.

From 1887 to 1900 he was headmaster of the St Edmunds High School for boys, Birmingham.

One of the pupils at that school during that period was Augustus Daniel Imms, a prominent entomologist.

From 1905 to 1927 Grove lectured in botany at Birmingham Municipal Technical School.

[1] Grove was the Honorary Curator of the Fungus Herbarium at the University of Birmingham.