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The Society's activities [1] include lectures (mainly held in Edinburgh, but also in other Scottish cities), symposia, field excursions, field projects and an annual Scottish Botanist's Conference, held jointly with the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland for exchange of information between botanists working in different areas.
Cowan was born in Banchory in northern Scotland in 1891. He was educated at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen.He then attended both Edinburgh and Oxford University training as a botanist, specialising in trees, receiving a postgraduate doctorate (DSc) from Edinburgh in 1927. [4]
In 1999, Noltie wrote Indian Botanical Drawings 1793-1868 from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh published by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. [6] He subsequently wrote The Dapuri Drawings. Alexander Gibson and The Bombay Botanic Garden was published by The Antique Collectors' Club in association with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 2002. [7]
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation, as well as a popular tourist attraction. Founded in 1670 as a physic garden to grow medicinal plants, today it occupies four sites across Scotland— Edinburgh , Dawyck , Logan and Benmore —each with its own specialist ...
Milne was appointed the 16th Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in February 2014, replacing botanist Stephen Blackmore. [6] He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and was conferred an honorary professor of the University of Edinburgh, associated to the School of Biological Sciences in January 2016.
John McNeill (born 15 September 1933 [1]) is a British and Canadian botanist and museum director who has worked particularly on the plant order Caryophyllales.In 1960, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh for his thesis on “Taxonomic studies in the Alsinoideae”. [2]
James Sutherland (c. 1639–1719) was the first Professor of Physic (Botany) at the University of Edinburgh, from 1676 to 1705.He was intendant of the Physic Garden (later to evolve into the Royal Botanic Garden on a new site), and his innovative publication Hortus Medicus Edinburgensis placed Scotland at the forefront of European botany. [1]
His Majesty's Botanist is a member of the Royal household in Scotland. The office was created in 1699, and from 1768 until 1956 it was combined with the office of Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, who also held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Edinburgh. Since then the office of HM Botanist has been ...