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'''William Alexander Stables''' (1810 - 21 June 1890) was a Scottish botanist who collected [[Spermatophytes]] and [[Pteridophytes]] sporadically in Great Britain and Ireland between 1832 and 1862, with the odd specimen as late as 1882. He collected extensively for a proposed Flora of [[Moray]] in the north of Scotland, and in other collections was associated with Charles Bailey and William Lowndes Notcutt. <ref>http://archive.org/stream/collectaneaforfl00gord/collectaneaforfl00gord_djvu.txt</ref><ref>http://herbariaunited.org/specimensearch/?collector=Mr+William+Alexander+Stables&colid=14554&search=search&start=40&Country=gbie&VC=all</ref> |
'''William Alexander Stables''' (1810 - 21 June 1890) was a Scottish botanist who collected [[Spermatophytes]] and [[Pteridophytes]] sporadically in Great Britain and Ireland between 1832 and 1862, with the odd specimen as late as 1882. He collected extensively for a proposed Flora of [[Moray]] in the north of Scotland, and in other collections was associated with Charles Bailey and William Lowndes Notcutt. <ref>http://archive.org/stream/collectaneaforfl00gord/collectaneaforfl00gord_djvu.txt</ref><ref>http://herbariaunited.org/specimensearch/?collector=Mr+William+Alexander+Stables&colid=14554&search=search&start=40&Country=gbie&VC=all</ref> |
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The [[Compositae]] genus ''[[Scalesia]]'' was intended to honour his name, but the taxonomist [[George Arnott Walker-Arnott|Arnott]] named it in honour of "W. Scales Esq., Cawdor Castle, Elginshire", only discovering after publication in 1836 that the name should have read 'Stables'. <ref>http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/anh.2012.0071</ref> Stables contributed to botanical literature and was the factor or property manager of [[John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor]]. |
The [[Compositae]] genus ''[[Scalesia]]'' was intended to honour his name, but the taxonomist [[George Arnott Walker-Arnott|Arnott]] named it in honour of "W. Scales Esq., Cawdor Castle, Elginshire", only discovering after publication in 1836 that the name should have read 'Stables'. <ref>http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/anh.2012.0071</ref> Stables contributed to botanical literature and was the factor or property manager of [[John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor]]. Later Stables became a banker at [[Nairn]<ref>http://www.thepeerage.com/p30526.htm</ref> |
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On 7 February 1856 in Elgin, Stables married Margaret Alicia Dunbar (died 23 July 1908), daughter of [[Sir Archibald Dunbar, 6th Baronet|Sir Archibald Dunbar, 6th Bt of Northfield]], DL, JP. (30 June 1772 - 23 March 1847) and his second wife, married on 26 September 1822, Mary Brander (died 5 May 1969), daughter of John Brander of Pitgaveny, Elgin. |
On 7 February 1856 in Elgin, Stables married Margaret Alicia Dunbar (died 23 July 1908), daughter of [[Sir Archibald Dunbar, 6th Baronet|Sir Archibald Dunbar, 6th Bt of Northfield]], DL, JP. (30 June 1772 - 23 March 1847) and his second wife, married on 26 September 1822, Mary Brander (died 5 May 1969), daughter of John Brander of Pitgaveny, Elgin. |
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William Alexander Stables (1810 - 21 June 1890) was a Scottish botanist who collected Spermatophytes and Pteridophytes sporadically in Great Britain and Ireland between 1832 and 1862, with the odd specimen as late as 1882. He collected extensively for a proposed Flora of Moray in the north of Scotland, and in other collections was associated with Charles Bailey and William Lowndes Notcutt. [1][2]
The Compositae genus Scalesia was intended to honour his name, but the taxonomist Arnott named it in honour of "W. Scales Esq., Cawdor Castle, Elginshire", only discovering after publication in 1836 that the name should have read 'Stables'. [3] Stables contributed to botanical literature and was the factor or property manager of John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor. Later Stables became a banker at [[Nairn][4]
On 7 February 1856 in Elgin, Stables married Margaret Alicia Dunbar (died 23 July 1908), daughter of Sir Archibald Dunbar, 6th Bt of Northfield, DL, JP. (30 June 1772 - 23 March 1847) and his second wife, married on 26 September 1822, Mary Brander (died 5 May 1969), daughter of John Brander of Pitgaveny, Elgin.
Margaret was a prolific correspondent as her mother's collection of letters proves. "Margaret's brother, Captain James Brander Dunbar-Brander (listed as James Dunbar Brander to distinguish him from his son) wrote letters home to her from his posting in India with the Madras Cavalry." [5][6]
References
- ^ http://archive.org/stream/collectaneaforfl00gord/collectaneaforfl00gord_djvu.txt
- ^ http://herbariaunited.org/specimensearch/?collector=Mr+William+Alexander+Stables&colid=14554&search=search&start=40&Country=gbie&VC=all
- ^ http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/anh.2012.0071
- ^ http://www.thepeerage.com/p30526.htm
- ^ http://195.153.34.9/onlineregister/details.aspx?reference=NRAS4239&st=1&ob=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=y&tp=n&k=&ko=o&ro=m&df=&dt=&di=y&r=NRAS4239
- ^ http://www.kittybrewster.com/d.htm