Arnott, George Arnott Walker (1799-1868)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
George Arnott Walker
Last name
Arnott
Initials
G.A.W.
Life Dates
1799 - 1868
Collecting Dates
1820 - 1860
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae
Bryophytes
Fungi
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
AWH (main, currently BR), BM (main), BR (main), E (main), E-GL (main), GL (main, currently E), B, BRISTM, CGE, EBH (currently E), FI, G, K, K-WA, MANCH, MPU, NA, NMW, NY, P, RTE, S, TCD, WAR (currently WARMS), WARMS
Countries
Australasia: Australia, New ZealandEurope: France, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Switzerland, United KingdomIndian region: IndiaMascarenes: MauritiusCentral American Continent: MexicoNorth American region: United States
Associate(s)
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865) (assistant, co-author)
Lloyd, George N. (1804-1889) (co-collector)
Walker Arnott, George Arnott (synonym)
Wight, Robert (1796-1872) (co-author)
Biography
Scottish botanist from Glasgow who originally trained in law at the Universities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen but gave up that career to study plants. George Arnott worked as an assistant to W.J. Hooker at Glasgow (1830-1840), describing the plants of Beechey's voyage and latterly standing in for him when Hooker took up a position as Director of Kew. Arnott was later appointed Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow (1845-1868). The genus Arnottia A. Rich. was named in his honour. His herbarium and library was acquired by GL but the phanerogams were later transferred to Edinburgh (E-GL) on permanent loan.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 34; Desmond, R., Dict. Brit. Irish Bot. Hortic., ed. 2 (1994): 22; Harrison, S.G., Ind. Coll. Welsh Nat. Herb. (1985): 12; Hedge, I.C. & Lamond, J.M., Index Coll. Edindb. Herb. (1970): 55; Kent, D.H. & Allen, D.E., Brit. Irish Herb. (1984): 82; Knobloch, I.W., Phytologia Mem. 6 (1983): 3; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 42; Murray, G.R.M., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dep. Brit. Mus. (1904): 130; Stafleu, F.A. & Cowan, R.S., Taxon. Lit., ed. 2, 1 (1976): 67;
Arnott, George Arnott Walker (1799-1868)
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