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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 worked on economic botany.
⚫ ==Life==
⚫ Aitchison was the second son of Major James Aitchison, HEICS, born at Neemuch in central India. 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>
⚫ 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 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 Delimitation Commission and on this expedition too he collected nearly 10000 specimens of 800 species. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1881, a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1863 and a CIE in 1883.<ref name="Waterston">{{cite book
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|isbn=978-0-902198-84-5}}</ref> His ] is 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>
|isbn=978-0-902198-84-5}}</ref> was a Scottish surgeon and botanist.<ref>, Volume 21, Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 1900</ref>

⚫ ==Life==


⚫ 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 stood as the ] candidate for ] in the ]. 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 ].


==Botanical references== ==Botanical references==

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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 worked on economic botany.

Life

Aitchison was the second son of Major James Aitchison, HEICS, born at Neemuch in central India. 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. He obtained his doctorate in medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1858, 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 Delimitation Commission and on this expedition too he collected nearly 10000 specimens of 800 species. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1881, a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1863 and a CIE in 1883. His herbarium is 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.

Botanical references

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

Works

References

  1. http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
  2. AITCHISON. "AITCHISON, James Edward Tierney". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (subscription required)
  3. 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. International Plant Names Index.  Aitch.
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