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'''James Edward Tierney Aitchison''' MD LLD CIE {{Post-nominals|post-noms=] ] ]}} (28 October 1835 – 30 September 1898)<ref name="Waterston">{{cite book '''James Edward Tierney Aitchison''' MD LLD CIE {{Post-nominals|post-noms=] ] ]}} (28 October 1835 – 30 September 1898) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist. He worked as British Commissioner to Ladakh, India in 1872 and collected numerous specimens from the region and published catalogues of plants including those of economic interest. The plant genus '']'' was named after him by ] but the name is no longer in use. In authorship he is normally known as '''J. E. T. Aitchison'''.

⚫ ==Life==
Aitchison was born in ] in central ] the second son of Major James Aitchison of the ] of Scotland. His mother Mary Turner was the sister of ] and through her he took an interest in plants at an early age. The family returned to Scotland where he was educated at ], ] and the ].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |title=Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 |access-date=20 March 2015 |archive-date=19 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919152306/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> From 1853 his mother was living as a widow at 67 Great King Street, a huge Georgian townhouse in ].<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1853</ref>

James obtained his doctorate in medicine at the ] in 1858, presenting his thesis ''<nowiki/>'Emphysema, one of the complications of parturition'''<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Aitchison |first=J. E. Tierney |date=1856 |title=Emphysema: one of the complications of parturition |url=https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/32749 |language=en |publisher=Edinburgh Medical School |access-date=9 September 2024 |degree=M.D. |hdl=1842/32749
|volume=Annexe Thesis Digitisation Project 2018 Block 21}}</ref> and then entered the Bengal Medical Service. He worked as a civil surgeon at Amritsar, where he also helped establish a school. He suffered from a liver ailment and returned to England during which time he worked on a catalogue of the plants of Punjab and Sindh in 1869. In 1872 he was appointed Commissioner to Ladakh. He collected nearly 10000 specimens of 950 species of plant during his service in the 29th Punjab Regiment under Lord Roberts in the Kuram valley. In 1884 he was naturalist with the ],<ref>] (2020). ''William Simpson and the Crisis in Central Asia, 1884-5''. {{ISBN|978-1-5272-7047-3}}</ref> and on this expedition too he collected nearly 10000 specimens of 800 species. He was elected Fellow of the ] in 1881 and a Fellow of the ] in 1883, and a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1863. In 1883 he was created a Commander of the ] (CIE).<ref name="Waterston">{{cite book
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|isbn=978-0-902198-84-5}}</ref> was a Scottish surgeon and botanist.<ref>, Volume 21, Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 1900</ref>


His ] are preserved in the ], and ].<ref name=bio>{{Cite journal|doi=10.1080/03746609909469097|title=Obituary Notice of the Late James Edward Tierney Aitchison, M.D., C.I.E., F.R.S., Surgeon-Major Bengal Army|journal=Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh|volume=21|issue=3|pages=224–229|year=1899|last1=Hill|first1=J. Rutherford|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26870397 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Anon.|date=1898-10-08|title=Obituary, James Edward Tierney Aitchison, MD, CIE, FRS|journal=The British Medical Journal|volume=2|issue=1971|page=1107|pmc=2434412|doi=10.1136/bmj.2.1971.1107-b}}</ref>
⚫ ==Life==


⚫ He married Eleanor Carmichael, second daughter of Robert Craig, Esq., of Craigesk, in 1862.<ref name=bio /> He stood as the ] candidate for ] in the ].<ref>{{Who's Who | title=Aitchison, James Edward Tierney | id = U183089 | type = was | volume = 2018 | edition = online}}</ref>
He was the son of Major James Aitchison, HEICS, and was educated at ], ] and the ].<ref>
http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf</ref><ref>{{Who's Who | surname = AITCHISON | othernames = James Edward Tierney | id = U183089 | type = was | volume = 2018 | edition = online}} {{subscription required}}</ref> He obtained his doctorate in medicine at the ] in 1858, and then entered the Bengal Medical Service. He harvested plants in ] from 1861 to 1872, in ] from 1879 to 1885 and occasionally in ] 1867 to 1869. He published a catalogue of plants of Punjab and Sindh in 1869, "On the flora of Kuram Valley, etc.. Afghanistan" in the ''Journal of the ]'' in 1880&ndash;1881 and various other publications in the publications of the Linnean Society of London (he was a member from 1863). He became a member of the ] in 1883.<ref>, Volume 27, Sir Norman Lockyer, Macmillan Journals ltd., 1883</ref> His ] is preserved in the ], and ].


He died at Priory Terrace, Kew Green near London on 30 September 1898.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/RSE-Fellows-BiographicalIndex-1.pdf |title=Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 Biographical Index Part One
⚫ He stood as the ] candidate for ] in the ].
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*''The zoology of the Afghan Delimitation Commission'', 1888 * (1888)


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Surgeon, botanist (1835–1898)

James Edward Tierney Aitchison
Photograph from the Kew archives
Born28 October 1835
Neemuch, India
Died30 September 1898
Kew Green, London
Occupation(s)surgeon and botanist

James Edward Tierney Aitchison MD LLD CIE FRSE FRS FRCSE (28 October 1835 – 30 September 1898) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist. He worked as British Commissioner to Ladakh, India in 1872 and collected numerous specimens from the region and published catalogues of plants including those of economic interest. The plant genus Aitchisonia was named after him by Helmsley but the name is no longer in use. In authorship he is normally known as J. E. T. Aitchison.

Life

Aitchison was born in Neemuch in central India the second son of Major James Aitchison of the East India Company of Scotland. His mother Mary Turner was the sister of John William Turner and through her he took an interest in plants at an early age. The family returned to Scotland where he was educated at Lasswade Parish School, Dalkeith Grammar School and the Edinburgh Academy. From 1853 his mother was living as a widow at 67 Great King Street, a huge Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh's Second New Town.

James obtained his doctorate in medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1858, presenting his thesis 'Emphysema, one of the complications of parturition' and then entered the Bengal Medical Service. He worked as a civil surgeon at Amritsar, where he also helped establish a school. He suffered from a liver ailment and returned to England during which time he worked on a catalogue of the plants of Punjab and Sindh in 1869. In 1872 he was appointed Commissioner to Ladakh. He collected nearly 10000 specimens of 950 species of plant during his service in the 29th Punjab Regiment under Lord Roberts in the Kuram valley. In 1884 he was naturalist with the Afghan Boundary Commission, and on this expedition too he collected nearly 10000 specimens of 800 species. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1881 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1883, and a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1863. In 1883 he was created a Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE).

His herbaria are preserved in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Calcutta.

He married Eleanor Carmichael, second daughter of Robert Craig, Esq., of Craigesk, in 1862. He stood as the Liberal Unionist candidate for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire in the 1892 General Election.

He died at Priory Terrace, Kew Green near London on 30 September 1898.

Botanical references

The standard author abbreviation Aitch. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Works

References

  1. "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1853
  3. Aitchison, J. E. Tierney (1856). Emphysema: one of the complications of parturition (M.D. thesis). Vol. Annexe Thesis Digitisation Project 2018 Block 21. Edinburgh Medical School. hdl:1842/32749. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  4. Salisbury, Robert (2020). William Simpson and the Crisis in Central Asia, 1884-5. ISBN 978-1-5272-7047-3
  5. Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index (PDF). Vol. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  6. ^ Hill, J. Rutherford (1899). "Obituary Notice of the Late James Edward Tierney Aitchison, M.D., C.I.E., F.R.S., Surgeon-Major Bengal Army". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 21 (3): 224–229. doi:10.1080/03746609909469097.
  7. Anon. (8 October 1898). "Obituary, James Edward Tierney Aitchison, MD, CIE, FRS". The British Medical Journal. 2 (1971): 1107. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.1971.1107-b. PMC 2434412.
  8. "Aitchison, James Edward Tierney". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 Biographical Index Part One" (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 090219884X. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  10. International Plant Names Index.  Aitch.

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