Alexander Johnstone Macfarlan
1837/8–69
Scottish physician and botanist. Curator, Botanical Society of Edinburgh. President, Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, 1859–60; treasurer, 1861. Partner in family firm, J. F. Macfarlan & Co., chemists, druggists and chemical manufacturers.
Source
R. Desmond 1994, J. Gray 1952, Post Office Edinburgh and Leith directory 1868.
Bibliography
Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.
Gray, James. 1952. History of the Royal Medical Society, 1737–1937. Edited by Douglas Guthrie and with a foreword by Robert Hutchison. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. [Vols. 10,11]
