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James Edward Tierney Aitchison

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Scottish surgeon, botanist (1836-1898)

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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.

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Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

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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.

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Lived 1836 to 1898 · aged 61
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