William Aiton (1731-1793).

William Aiton (1731 - February 2, 1793) was a Scottish botanist. Events 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdoms Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78,772 km... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ...

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 there cultivated. The Mausoleum of the Dukes of Hamilton, in the grounds of the old Hamilton Palace Hamilton (Hamaltan, in Scottish Gaelic) is a town in Central Scotland. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Philip Miller (1691 - 1771) was a botanist of Scottish descent. ... The Chelsea Physic Garden (physic in the former sense of the science of healing), established by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, is one of the oldest botanical gardens in Europe (second oldest in Britain), and its rock garden is the oldest English garden devoted to alpine plants. ... Royal Botanic Gardens redirects here. ...

A second and enlarged edition of the Hortus was brought out in 1810-1813 by his eldest son, William Townsend Aiton (1766 - 1849), who succeeded him at Kew and was commissioned by George IV to lay out the gardens at the Pavilion, Brighton and Buckingham Palace Gardens. 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... George IV (George Augustus Frederick) (12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death. ... The Royal Pavilion The Royal Pavilion is a splendid palace built in Brighton, East Sussex in the 19th Century as a seaside retreat for the then Prince Regent. ... For other places with the same name, see Brighton (disambiguation). ... Buckingham Palace Gardens are the Queens back garden. ...

The standard botanical author abbreviation Aiton is applied to plants he described, while his son is mentioned as W. T. Aiton in citations. In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ...

This is a list of botanists by their author abbreviation, designed for citation in the botanical names they have published. ... In botanical nomenclature, author citation refers to the person (or team) who valid published the name, i. ... A botanical name is a formal name conforming to the ICBN. As with its zoological and bacterial equivalents it may also be called a scientific name. Botanical names may be in one part (genus and above), two parts (species) or three parts (below the rank of species). ...

Further Reading

• Taylor, George. (1970). "Aiton, William". Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1: 88-89. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
• Taylor, George. (1970). "Aiton, William Townsend". Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1: 89-90. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.