James Anderson (botanist)
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Not to be confused with James Anderson of Hermiston.
James Anderson FRSE (17 January 1738, Long Hermiston, Midlothian - 06 August 1809, Garden House, by Madras, India)[1] was a Scottish physician and botanist.
He was company surgeon for the East India Company from 1786 and physician-general from 1800.[1]
He wrote about his experiences of culture in the South of India.
He published Varnish and Tallow-trees in 1791 and Culture of Bastard Cedar Trees on Coast of Coromandel in 1794. He was a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. William Roxburgh (1751–1815) named the genus Andersonia after him.
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- ^ a b Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 9780902198845. http://www.rse.org.uk/fellowship/fells_indexp1.pdf. Retrieved 25 November, 2011.
- ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.
- Ray Desmond (1994). Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists including Plant Collectors, Flower Painters and Garden Designers. Taylor & Francis and The Natural History Museum (London). ISBN 0-85066-843-3
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