William Boor born 1847 and died 1931 was a chemist at 1 High Street Wisbech and was succeded by Ralph Scrafton in 1931 after taking over from William Langford in 1875.

Boor. — At his residence, "Newton," Monica Road, Wisbech, on December 5, Mr. William Boor, retired Chemist and druggist, aged eighty-four. Mr. Boor served his apprenticeship to the late Mr. Langford, 1 High Street, Wisbech. After gaining further experiences in various parts of the country he purchased in 1875, the premises where he had served his apprenticeship and conducted a successful business until his retirement in 1920, when he disposed of the concern to Mr. Ralph Scrafton M.P.S. Mr. Boor, who was a bachelor, took no active part in the public life of the borough, but prosecuted his business with zeal, gaining the respect and confidence of the inhabitants of the district. His was a robust constitution until he received a considerable injury to the knee on being knocked down by a car in 1928. He bore his infirmity with remarkable fortitude, and retained his interest in things pharmaceutical until his death. He was interred at Newton, Cambridgeshire (his birthplace), on December 8.