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direct »Thomas Aitken, 1832–92
Scottish hospital and asylum physician . Sources: Wellcome catalogue (See the bibliography for full references to sources)
direct »John A Allan, nd
Scottish naval surgeon . Sources: BLA (See the bibliography for full references to sources)
direct »James Anderson, 1831/2–99
Scottish gardener ; orchid specialist. Gardener to the Glasgow iron and shipping agent Thomas Dawson, at Meadowbank, Uddingston, Lanarkshire. Following Dawson's death, worked as a landscape gardener in Glasgow and Manchester. Founding member of the Manchester and North of England Orchid Society. Editor of the Northern Gardener. Sources: Desmond, Ray 1994 Orchid Review 7 1899: 198 Post Office Glasgow directory 1863–4 (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 11
direct »Thomas Anderson, 1832–70
Scottish physician and botanist . Entered the Bengal medical service in 1854. Superintendent, Calcutta botanic garden, 1861–8; conservator of forests, Bengal, 1864–9; retired because of ill health. Instituted experiments that led to the successful cultivation of Cinchona in India. Sources: Desmond, Ray 1992: 100–1 Desmond, Ray 1994 DSB Stebbing, E. P. 1922–6 1: 515 (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 11,12
direct »Isaac Anderson-Henry, 1800–84(Henry, Isaac Anderson)
Scottish lawyer and horticulturalist . Practised as a solicitor in Edinburgh from 1834 or earlier. Retired from practice in 1861, when his wife succeeded to the estates of Woodend, Perthshire, and, as a condition of the entail, took the additional name Henry. Established a garden in Edinburgh known for its many rare plants. Collected plants from the Andes, north-western Himalayas, and New Zealand. Interested in plant hybridisation and acclimatisation. Member of various scientific societies in London and Edinburgh. President of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 1867–8. Sources: County families 1878 Curtis's: 175–6 Gard. Chron 1873.03.22: 39 Post Office Edinburgh directory 1834–84 (1861–84) s.v. Henry, Isaac Anderson) Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1886–7: 42–4 (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 8,10,11,12
direct »George Arnott Walker Arnott, 1799–1868
Scottish botanist . Worked with William Jackson Hooker in Glasgow, 1830–40. Regius professor of botany, University of Glasgow, 1845–68. Sources: Desmond, Ray 1994 DNB (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 2,5,6,7,8,9,11
direct »William Baird, 1803–72
Scottish physician who practised in London, 1833–41. Assistant in the zoological department of the British Museum, 1841–72. FRS 1867. Sources: DNB Modern English biography (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 4,5,6
direct »John Hutton Balfour, 1808–84
Scottish physician and botanist . Professor of botany, Glasgow University, 1841–5. Professor of botany, University of Edinburgh, and regius keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 1845–79. Founding member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 1836. Founder of the Edinburgh Botanical Club, 1838. Co-editor of the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. FRS 1856. Sources: DNB DSB (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 11,12
direct »John Bartholomew, 1831–93
Scottish cartographer . Assistant to August Heinrich Petermann (Modern English biography), 1853–6. Succeeded his father as cartographer at Chambers Street, Edinburgh, 1856. Sources: Modern English biography (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 10
direct »Thomas Spencer Baynes, 1823–87
Scottish philosopher . Sources: DNB (See the bibliography for full references to sources)