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Scott-Elliot, George Francis (1862-1934)
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
George Francis
Last name
Scott-Elliot
Initials
G.F.
Life Dates
1862 - 1934
Collecting Dates
1881 - 1920
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Bryophytes
Fungi
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main), K (main), A, B, CAL, E, E-GL, G, GGO (currently GLAM), GH, GLAM, LE, LIV, MO, MPU, NH, NY, P, US, W
Countries
West African Islands: Canary IslandsTemperate South America: Argentina, ChileNorth Africa: Egypt, LibyaTropical Africa: Gambia, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, UgandaMadagascan region: MadagascarSouthern Africa: Malawi, Mozambique, South AfricaEurope: United Kingdom
Associate(s)
Cloisel, J. (fl. 1891) (co-collector)
Elliot, George Francis Scott (synonym)
Scott Elliott, George Francis (synonym)
Elliot, George Francis Scott (synonym)
Scott Elliott, George Francis (synonym)
Biography
Son of a Scottish merchant, James Scott-Elliot (-1880) of Calcutta, his surname is variously misinterpreted and commonly cited as 'Scott Elliott'. He worked as a botanist mainly in Africa and was employed on the French and English Delimination Commission of the Sierra Leone Boundary (1891-1892), also participating on the British East Africa Expedition or Ruwenzori Expedition (1893-1894). Scott-Elliott became a lecturer in Botany at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow (1896-1904) and was President of the Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. The genus Scottellia Oliv. in the Flacourtiaceae and many species including Millettia scott-elliotii Dunn, Ficus scott-elliottii Mildbr. & Burret and Bulbophyllum elliotii Rolfe were named after him.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 579; Dorr, L.J. Pl. Collectors Madagasc. Comoro Is. (1997): 436; Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 150, 320; Hepper, F.N. & Neate, F., Pl. Collectors W. Africa (1971): 73; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 59; Kent, D.H. & Allen, D.E., Brit. Irish Herb. (1984): 240; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): 181; Murray, G.R.M., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dep. Brit. Mus. (1904): 146; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. S (1986): 866;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
George Francis
Last name
Scott-Elliot
Initials
G.F.
Life Dates
1862 - 1934
Collecting Dates
1881 - 1920
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Bryophytes
Fungi
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main), K (main), A, B, CAL, E, E-GL, G, GGO (currently GLAM), GH, GLAM, LE, LIV, MO, MPU, NH, NY, P, US, W
Countries
West African Islands: Canary IslandsTemperate South America: Argentina, ChileNorth Africa: Egypt, LibyaTropical Africa: Gambia, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, UgandaMadagascan region: MadagascarSouthern Africa: Malawi, Mozambique, South AfricaEurope: United Kingdom
Associate(s)
Cloisel, J. (fl. 1891) (co-collector)
Elliot, George Francis Scott (synonym)
Scott Elliott, George Francis (synonym)
Elliot, George Francis Scott (synonym)
Scott Elliott, George Francis (synonym)
Biography
Son of a Scottish merchant, James Scott-Elliot (-1880) of Calcutta, his surname is variously misinterpreted and commonly cited as 'Scott Elliott'. He worked as a botanist mainly in Africa and was employed on the French and English Delimination Commission of the Sierra Leone Boundary (1891-1892), also participating on the British East Africa Expedition or Ruwenzori Expedition (1893-1894). Scott-Elliott became a lecturer in Botany at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow (1896-1904) and was President of the Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. The genus Scottellia Oliv. in the Flacourtiaceae and many species including Millettia scott-elliotii Dunn, Ficus scott-elliottii Mildbr. & Burret and Bulbophyllum elliotii Rolfe were named after him.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 579; Dorr, L.J. Pl. Collectors Madagasc. Comoro Is. (1997): 436; Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 150, 320; Hepper, F.N. & Neate, F., Pl. Collectors W. Africa (1971): 73; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 59; Kent, D.H. & Allen, D.E., Brit. Irish Herb. (1984): 240; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): 181; Murray, G.R.M., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dep. Brit. Mus. (1904): 146; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. S (1986): 866;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
George Francis
Last name
Scott-Elliot
Initials
G.F.
Life Dates
1862 - 1934
Collecting Dates
1881 - 1920
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Bryophytes
Fungi
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BM (main), K (main), A, B, CAL, E, E-GL, G, GGO (currently GLAM), GH, GLAM, LE, LIV, MO, MPU, NH, NY, P, US, W
Countries
West African Islands: Canary IslandsTemperate South America: Argentina, ChileNorth Africa: Egypt, LibyaTropical Africa: Gambia, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, UgandaMadagascan region: MadagascarSouthern Africa: Malawi, Mozambique, South AfricaEurope: United Kingdom
Associate(s)
Cloisel, J. (fl. 1891) (co-collector)
Elliot, George Francis Scott (synonym)
Scott Elliott, George Francis (synonym)
Elliot, George Francis Scott (synonym)
Scott Elliott, George Francis (synonym)
Biography
Son of a Scottish merchant, James Scott-Elliot (-1880) of Calcutta, his surname is variously misinterpreted and commonly cited as 'Scott Elliott'. He worked as a botanist mainly in Africa and was employed on the French and English Delimination Commission of the Sierra Leone Boundary (1891-1892), also participating on the British East Africa Expedition or Ruwenzori Expedition (1893-1894). Scott-Elliott became a lecturer in Botany at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow (1896-1904) and was President of the Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. The genus Scottellia Oliv. in the Flacourtiaceae and many species including Millettia scott-elliotii Dunn, Ficus scott-elliottii Mildbr. & Burret and Bulbophyllum elliotii Rolfe were named after him.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 579; Dorr, L.J. Pl. Collectors Madagasc. Comoro Is. (1997): 436; Gunn, M. & Codd, L.E. Bot. Explor. S. Afr. (1981): 150, 320; Hepper, F.N. & Neate, F., Pl. Collectors W. Africa (1971): 73; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 59; Kent, D.H. & Allen, D.E., Brit. Irish Herb. (1984): 240; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): 181; Murray, G.R.M., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Dep. Brit. Mus. (1904): 146; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. S (1986): 866;
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