William Burck (4 February 1848, Monnickendam, the Netherlands – 25 September 1910, Leiden, the Netherlands) was a Dutch botanist. He obtained a doctorate from Leiden University in 1874. In 1881 he became Assistant Director of the then Buitenzorg Botanical Gardens (now Bogor Botanical Gardens) in Java. He collected a large number of plant specimens from locations including the Padang Highlands of western Sumatra. The genus Burckella is named for him. He was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1885 and resigned in 1903. He was re-admitted as member in 1907. References 1848 births 1910 deaths 19th-century Dutch botanists Dutch phytopathologists Leiden University alumni Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences People from Monnickendam