BRITISH AND lEISH BOTANISTS. 3 



Alton, William Townsend (1766-1849) : b. Kew, 2Feb., 1766 

 d. Kensington, 9 Oct., 1849. F.L.S., 1797. Director of 

 Kew, 1793-1841. Pritz. 3 ; Jacks. 412 : Proc. Linn. Soc. ii 

 82 ; ' Hortus Kewensis,' ed. 2, v. 581 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. i 

 208. Portr. by L. Poyet, Kew. 



Alchorne, Stanesby (d. 1799 or 1800). Apothecary. Assay 

 master in the Mint. Hon. Demonstrator at Chelsea, 1771- 

 73. Semple ; Linn. Corr. ii. 4-7. Alchornea Sw. 



Alcock, Randal Hibbert (1833-85) : b. Gatley, Cheshire, 21 

 July, 1833 ; d. Didsbury, Lane, 9 Nov., 1885. F.L.S., 1876. 

 'Botanical Names for English Eeaders,' 1876. Jacks. 9, 499; 

 Journ. Bot. 1886, 160 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1885-6, 137. 



Alderson, John (1757?-1829) : b. Lowestoft, 1757?; d. Hull, 16 

 Sept., 1829. M.D. One of founders of Hull Garden. 'Essay 

 on BMis Toxicodendron,' 1793. Corlass & Andrews, ' Sketches 

 of Hull Authors,' 6; Gent. Mag. Nov. 1830, 451; E. S. 0. i. 

 40 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. i. 243. Two statues at Hull. 



Alexander, H. T. (fl. 1833-45). Of Cork. Surgeon E.N. 

 MS. List of Flora Co. Cork. Power, Bot. Guide Cork, 

 pref. i. 



Alexander, Sir James Edward {&. 1824-38). Captain. 

 -Traveller. Collected in S. Africa. E. S. C. i. 43. Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xviii. 305. Gatophractes Alexandri D. Don. 



Alexander, William (fl. 1799-1842). M.D., of Halifax. Nearly 

 ^ lost his life collecting Lloydia. Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 328. 

 " E. S. C. i, 44. 



Alfred the Philosopher (? de Sarchel, or Sereshel) (fl. 1170). 

 " An Englishman, much respected at home." ' De Vegeta- 

 bilibus et Plantis,' translated fr. Arabic version of Aristotle. 

 Eelton, 4; Thomas Wright, Biog. Brit. Literar. ii. 220; Diet. 

 Nat. Biog. i. 285. 



Alfrey, George (fl. 1699). Surgeon. Made collections for 

 Petiver on coast of Brazil, &c. Mus. Pet. p. 43, n. 347. 



Allan, James (fl. 1853). Ph.D. ; A.M. ; Prof. Chemistry, Man- 

 chester. 'Botanist's Word-book,' 1853, with G. Macdonald. 

 Jacks 9 ; Gard. Chron. 1853, 791. 



Allan, John (1845-88): b. Carluke, 12 July, 1845; d. Easter 

 Middleton, 2 Dee., 1888. 'Botany of Applecross,' Trans. 

 Bot. Soc. Ed. xvii. 117 ; Id. 524. 



AUchin, William Henry (1828 ?-91) : b. 1828 ? ; d. London, 

 24 Nov., 1891. M.B. (Lond.) Practised in London. Grew 

 varieties of British Perns. Proc. Dublin Nat. Hist. Soe. 

 i. 61. -E. S. C. ix. 30. 



AUman, William (1776-1846) : b. Kingston, Jamaica, 7 Feb., 

 1776 ; d. Dublin, 8 Dec., 1846. M D., Dublin, 1804 ; Prof. 

 Botany, Dublin, 1809-1844. MS. on 'Mathematical Con- 

 nection between Parts of Vegetables,' 1811, in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit. Pritz. 4 ; Jacks. 17, 40, 65 ; E. S. C. i. 51 ; Diet. Nat. 

 Biog. i. 335. Alhnania Br. 



Alston, Charles (1683-1760): b. Eddlewood, W. Scotland, 

 1683; d. Edinburgh, 22 Nov., 1760. M.D., Leyden, 1718; 

 Prof, of Botany, Edinburgh, 1719-1760. ' Tirocinium Botani- 



