William Aiton
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William Aiton (1731Template:Snd2 February 1793) was a Scottish botanist.[1]
Aiton was born near Hamilton. Having been regularly trained to the profession of a gardener, he travelled to London in 1754, and became assistant to Philip Miller, then superintendent of the Chelsea Physic Garden. In 1759 he was appointed director of the newly established botanical garden at Kew, where he remained until his death. He effected many improvements at the gardens, and in 1789 he published Hortus Kewensis, a catalogue of the plants cultivated there.[2]Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He is buried at nearby St. Anne's Church, Kew.
A second and enlarged edition of the Hortus was brought out in 1810–1813 by his eldest son, William Townsend Aiton.[2]
Aiton is commemorated in the specific epithet aitonis.[3]
In 1789, he classified the Sampaguita plant to the Jasminium genus and also named it as Arabian Jasmine because it was believed that the plant originated from The Arabian Peninsula[4] although the plant didn't originate from Arabia.
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Bibliography
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- Pagmenta, Frank (2009) The Aitons: Gardeners to their Majesties. Richmond Local History Society. Template:ISBN
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Further reading
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- 1731 births
- 1793 deaths
- 18th-century Scottish botanists
- Scottish horticulturists
- British pteridologists
- Burials at St. Anne's Church, Kew
- Museum founders
- People from South Lanarkshire
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Scottish gardeners
- 18th-century gardeners
- 18th-century British artisans
- Taxon authorities of Hypericum species
- 18th-century British philanthropists