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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF

cum Edinburgense,' 1753. Pult. ii. 9-17; Rees; Pritz. 5;. Gent. Mag. 1760, 594; Jacks. 16, 32, 411; Rich. Corr. 275; Dict. Nat. Biog. i. 346. Alstonia Linn. fil.

Amherst Lady Sarah Elizabeth [see Williams].

Anderson, Alexander (d. 1811): d. St. Vincent, W. Indies, 8 Sept., 1811. M.D.; F.L.S., 1808. In America from 1775, Curator, St. Vincent Garden, from 1785. In Guiana, 1791. Demerara pl. in Mus. Brit.; St. Vincent pl. at Kew. Pritz. 6; Cott. Gard. viii.; Lambert, 'Pinus,' ii. 14; Gard. Mag. i. (1826) 194; Banksian Corresp. 3 May, 1789, and 30 Mar., 1796; Guilding, 'Account of St. Vincent Garden'; Dict. Nat. Biog. i. 372. Andersonia Br.

Anderson, George (fl. 1800-17): d. 10 Jan., 1817. F.L.S., 1800. Of West Ham and Leadenhall Street. 'British Plants,' Linn. Trans, xi. 216. Had a salicetum. Contributed Willows to E. Bot. 2343, &c. Grew Narcissi, Bot. Reg. t. 123. With J. P. Jones in Devon and Cornwall. Jones, Bot. Tour, viii. R. S. C. i. 63. Salix Andersoniana Sm.

Anderson, James (1739-1808): b. Hermiston, Edinburgh, 1739; d. Isleworth, 15 Oct., 1808. LL.D. Aberdeen, 1780. Pritz. 6; Jacks. 34; Memoir w. letters and portr. in 'Bee,' ix. (1792); Cott. Gard. v. 1; Gent. Mag. lxxviii. 1051; Dict. Nat. Biog. i. 381. Medallion by Tassie.

Anderson, James (d. 1809): d. Madras, 5 Aug., 1809. Physician to East India Company. M.D. Edin. Diet. Nat. Biog. i. 382. Andersonia Roxb. = Amoora.

Anderson, James (d. 1838). Director, Sydney Garden, N.S.W. Friend of the Cimninghams. Woolls, 'Lectures on Veg. Kingdom,' 1879, p. 58.

Anderson, John (d. 1847): d. Sydney, 1847. Gardener. Collector on H.M.S. 'Adventure,' 1825-1830. Colonial botanist, Sydney, 1836-47. MS. list of Chiloe plants (1829-30) in Bot. Dept. Pl. in Herb. Mus. Brit. Fl. Tasm. cxxiii.; B. S. C. i. 63.

Anderson, Robert (1838-67). Brother of Thomas Anderson. 'Catalogue of Calcutta Plants,' 1862.

Anderson, Samuel (d. 1878). F.L.S.,1854. Of Whitby. Contributed to 'Sphagnaceæ Britannicæ Exsiccatæ.' Journ. Bot. 1878, 64; Gard. Chron. 1878, i. 178.

Anderson, Thomas (1832-70): d. Edinburgh, 26 Oct., 1870. M.D. Edin., 1853; F.L.S., 1859. Superintendent, Calcutta Garden. Plants from Aden and India at Kew. Specially studied Acanthacecæ. Pritz. 6; Jacks. 384, 388, 451; Journ. Bot. 1870, 368; Gard. Chron. 1870, 1478; R. S. C. i. 65; vii. 33; Trans. Bot. Soc. Ed. xi. 1875, 41; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1870-71, lxxx.; Dict. Nat. Biog. i. 392.

Anderson, William (1766-1846): b. Easter Warriston, Edinburgh, 1766; d. Chelsea, 6 Oct., 1846. A.L.S., 1798; F.L.S., 1815. Gardener and Curator at Chelsea from 1814. Pritz. 6; Semple, 119, 203; Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 331; Dict. Nat. Biog. i. 393.

Anderson-Henry, Isaac (1799?-1884): b. Caputh, Perthshire,