George Don

George Don (17 May 1798–25 February 1856) was a botanist.

George Don was born at Doo Hillock, Forfarshire, Scotland on 17 May 1798. His father, also named George Don, was Superintendent of the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens in 1802. The younger George Don became foreman of the gardens at Chelsea in 1816. In 1821 he was sent to Brazil, the West Indies and Sierra Leone to collect specimens for the Royal Horticultural Society. Most of his discoveries were published by Joseph Sabine, although Don published several new species from Sierra Leone.

Don's main work was his four volume "A General System of Gardening and Botany", published between 1832 and 1838. He also revised the first supplement to Loudon's "Encyclopaedia of Plants", and provided a Linneaen arrangement to Loudon's "Hortus Britannicus". He also wrote a monograph on the genus "Allium" and a review of the "Combretum". He died at Kensington, London, on 25 February 1856.

The plant species authored by George Don include:
* "Acacia cyclops" G.Don
Coastal Wattle
* "Acacia deltoidea" G.Don
* "Acacia holosericea" G.Don
Candelbra Wattle
* "Acacia podalyriifolia" G.Don
* "Acacia rigens" G.Don
Nealie
* "Catharanthus roseus" (L.) G.Don
Pink Periwinkle
* "Daviesia physodes" G.Don
* "Isotoma scapigera" (R.Br.) G.Don
Long-scaped Isotome
* "Lagunaria patersonia" (Andrews) G.Don
* "Ludwigia hyssopifolia" (G.Don) Exell
* "Modiola caroliniana" (L.) G.Don
* "Sagina maritima" G.Don
* "Sphenotoma squarrosum" (R.Br.) G.Don
* "Swainsona formosa" (G.Don) Joy Thomps. See also List of Australian plant species authored by George Don.

References

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External links

* [http://www.botanicus.org/creator.asp?creatorid=588 View digitized titles by George Don in "Botanicus.org"]

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NAME=Don, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=botanist
DATE OF BIRTH=17 May 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH=Doo Hillock, Forfarshire, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH=25 February 1856
PLACE OF DEATH=Kensington, London