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Maingay, Alexander Carroll (1836-1869)
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)
Alexander Carroll
Last name
Maingay
Initials
A.C.
Life Dates
1836 - 1869
Collecting Dates
1855 -
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Fungi
Spermatophytes
Unknown
Organisation(s)
K (main), BM, BON, E, EBH (currently E), P
Countries
Malesian region: MalaysiaEurope: United KingdomIndo-China: MyanmarChinese region: Hong Kong
Biography
Surgeon in the Indian Army who collected plants in Burma (Myanmar) and Penang. Maingay was in charge of the prison in Malacca from 1862-1867 and collected vigorously in the area. He met with his death while superintendent of Rangoon Central Prison when there was a riot among the prisoners and he was shot. Maingay's botanical collections were acquired for Kew, including many plants new to science. He was born in Great Ayton, Yorkshire, and studied medicine in Edinburgh before joining the British Indian Medical Service in Bengal in 1859. Maingay is commemorated in several plant names.
Sources:
Anon., 1890, Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 42: 112-113
I.H. Burkill, 1927, "Botanical Collectors, Collections and Collecting Places in the Malay Peninsula", Gardens' Bulletin, Straits Settlements, 4(4-5): 128
J.M. Crombie, 1883, "On a collection of exotic lichens made in eastern Asia by the late Dr. A.C. Maingay", Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Botany, 20: 50-69
D. Oliver, 1873, "Descriptions of the new genera of plants in the Malayan herbarium of the late Dr A.C. Maingay", Transactions of the Linnean Society, 28: 515-518
M.J. van Steenis Kruseman, "Cyclopedia of Collectors", Flora Malesiana, online edn:
http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/FMCollectors/M/MaingayAC.htm, accessed 30 November 2010
1873, Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 11: 36-40, 345-51.
Sources:
Anon., 1890, Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 42: 112-113
I.H. Burkill, 1927, "Botanical Collectors, Collections and Collecting Places in the Malay Peninsula", Gardens' Bulletin, Straits Settlements, 4(4-5): 128
J.M. Crombie, 1883, "On a collection of exotic lichens made in eastern Asia by the late Dr. A.C. Maingay", Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Botany, 20: 50-69
D. Oliver, 1873, "Descriptions of the new genera of plants in the Malayan herbarium of the late Dr A.C. Maingay", Transactions of the Linnean Society, 28: 515-518
M.J. van Steenis Kruseman, "Cyclopedia of Collectors", Flora Malesiana, online edn:
http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/FMCollectors/M/MaingayAC.htm, accessed 30 November 2010
1873, Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 11: 36-40, 345-51.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 395; Hedge, I.C. & Lamond, J.M., Index Coll. Edindb. Herb. (1970): 107; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 44; Kent, D.H. & Allen, D.E., Brit. Irish Herb. (1984): 197; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. M (1976): 493;
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)
Alexander Carroll
Last name
Maingay
Initials
A.C.
Life Dates
1836 - 1869
Collecting Dates
1855 -
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Fungi
Spermatophytes
Unknown
Organisation(s)
K (main), BM, BON, E, EBH (currently E), P
Countries
Malesian region: MalaysiaEurope: United KingdomIndo-China: MyanmarChinese region: Hong Kong
Biography
Surgeon in the Indian Army who collected plants in Burma (Myanmar) and Penang. Maingay was in charge of the prison in Malacca from 1862-1867 and collected vigorously in the area. He met with his death while superintendent of Rangoon Central Prison when there was a riot among the prisoners and he was shot. Maingay's botanical collections were acquired for Kew, including many plants new to science. He was born in Great Ayton, Yorkshire, and studied medicine in Edinburgh before joining the British Indian Medical Service in Bengal in 1859. Maingay is commemorated in several plant names.
Sources:
Anon., 1890, Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 42: 112-113
I.H. Burkill, 1927, "Botanical Collectors, Collections and Collecting Places in the Malay Peninsula", Gardens' Bulletin, Straits Settlements, 4(4-5): 128
J.M. Crombie, 1883, "On a collection of exotic lichens made in eastern Asia by the late Dr. A.C. Maingay", Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Botany, 20: 50-69
D. Oliver, 1873, "Descriptions of the new genera of plants in the Malayan herbarium of the late Dr A.C. Maingay", Transactions of the Linnean Society, 28: 515-518
M.J. van Steenis Kruseman, "Cyclopedia of Collectors", Flora Malesiana, online edn:
http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/FMCollectors/M/MaingayAC.htm, accessed 30 November 2010
1873, Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 11: 36-40, 345-51.
Sources:
Anon., 1890, Kew Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 42: 112-113
I.H. Burkill, 1927, "Botanical Collectors, Collections and Collecting Places in the Malay Peninsula", Gardens' Bulletin, Straits Settlements, 4(4-5): 128
J.M. Crombie, 1883, "On a collection of exotic lichens made in eastern Asia by the late Dr. A.C. Maingay", Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Botany, 20: 50-69
D. Oliver, 1873, "Descriptions of the new genera of plants in the Malayan herbarium of the late Dr A.C. Maingay", Transactions of the Linnean Society, 28: 515-518
M.J. van Steenis Kruseman, "Cyclopedia of Collectors", Flora Malesiana, online edn:
http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/FMCollectors/M/MaingayAC.htm, accessed 30 November 2010
1873, Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 11: 36-40, 345-51.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 395; Hedge, I.C. & Lamond, J.M., Index Coll. Edindb. Herb. (1970): 107; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 44; Kent, D.H. & Allen, D.E., Brit. Irish Herb. (1984): 197; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. M (1976): 493;
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