George A. Walker Arnott

George Arnott Walker Arnott of Arlary FRSE (6 February 1799 – 17 April 1868) was a Scottish botanist.

George A. Walker Arnott
Born
George Arnott Walker Arnott

6 February 1799
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died17 April 1868 (aged 69)
Glasgow, Scotland
Resting placeSighthill Cemetery
EducationMilnathort Parish School
High School of Edinburgh
OccupationBotanist
SpouseMary Hay Barclay

Early life

George Arnott Walker Arnott was born in Edinburgh in 1799, the son of David Walker Arnott of Arlary (near Kinross). He attended Milnathort Parish School then the High School of Edinburgh.[1] He studied law in Edinburgh.

Career

Walker Arnott became a botanist, holding the position of Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow from 1845 to 1868. He studied the botany of North America with Sir William Hooker and collaborated with Robert Wight in studies of Indian botany.[2]

He and William J. Hooker went through the Australian collected plant material of Alexander Collie, which was sent back to the UK after his death.[3] He was a member of the Societe de Histoire Naturelle in Paris and the Moscow Imperial Society of Natural History.

Personal life and death

Walker Arnott married Mary Hay Barclay in 1831. He died in Glasgow in 1868, aged 69, and is buried in Sighthill Cemetery.

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Wright, Robert. "PRODROMUS FLORÆ PENINSULÆ INDIÆ ORIENTALIS".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Ray Desmond (Editor) Dictionary of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including ... at Google Books
  4. International Plant Names Index.  Arn.


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