# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-edward-tierney-aitchison
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:27:52.783Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/james-edward-tierney-aitchison"
name: "James Edward Tierney Aitchison"
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description: "James Edward Tierney Aitchison MD LLD CIE 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."
tagline: "Scottish surgeon, botanist (1836-1898)"
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birthDate: "1836-10-28"
deathDate: "1898-09-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump