George Arnott Walker-Arnott

George Arnott Walker-Arnott (6 February 1799 – 17 June 1868) was a Scottish botanist.

He studied law in Edinburgh though later became a botanist, holding the position of Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow. He studied the botany of North America with Sir William Hooker and collaborated with Robert Wight in studies of Indian botany.

Standard author abbreviation

The standard author abbreviation Arn. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

External links

Hooker, Sir William Jackson; G. A. Walker-Arnott, Esq. (1841). The Botany of Captain Beechey's voyage. Henry George Bohn. http://books.google.com/books?id=V7HuvtYs6J4C.

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Name	Arnott, George Arnott Walker
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Date of birth	6 February 1799
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Date of death	17 June 1868
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