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Alexander Dickson

Scottish morphological botanist and botanical artist (1836-1887)

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5 December 2023

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Alexander Dickson 1871.jpg
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sex or gender

male

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country of citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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given name

Alexander

series ordinal

1

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https://www.tcd.ie/Botany/tercentenary/300-years/chairs/alexander-dickson.php

Scott

series ordinal

2

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https://www.tcd.ie/Botany/tercentenary/300-years/chairs/alexander-dickson.php

family name

Dickson

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https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259334

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5 December 2023

date of birth

21 February 1836^Gregorian

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place of birth

Edinburgh

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date of death

30 December 1887^Gregorian

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botanical illustrator

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https://www.tcd.ie/Botany/tercentenary/300-years/chairs/alexander-dickson.php

botanist

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https://www.tcd.ie/Botany/tercentenary/300-years/chairs/alexander-dickson.php

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https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259334

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5 December 2023

employer

University of Aberdeen

start time

1862

end time

1866

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reference URL

https://www.tcd.ie/Botany/tercentenary/300-years/chairs/alexander-dickson.php

University of Glasgow

start time

1868

end time

1879

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reference URL

https://www.tcd.ie/Botany/tercentenary/300-years/chairs/alexander-dickson.php

University of Edinburgh

start time

1879

end time

1887

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Trinity College Dublin

start time

1866

end time

1868

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reference URL

https://www.tcd.ie/Botany/tercentenary/300-years/chairs/alexander-dickson.php

position held

Regius Professor of Botany

series ordinal

5

start time

1868

replaces

George Arnott Walker-Arnott

end time

1879

replaced by

Isaac Bayley Balfour

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Regius Professor of Plant Science

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1880

1887

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University of Edinburgh

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https://www.tcd.ie/Botany/tercentenary/300-years/chairs/alexander-dickson.php

Humboldt University of Berlin

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8 July 2019

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Category:Humboldt University of Berlin alumni

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University of Würzburg

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retrieved

10 July 2019

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Category:University of Würzburg alumni

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member of

Royal Society of Edinburgh

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stated in

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

award received

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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described by source

Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900

statement is subject of

Dickson, Alexander (1836-1887) (DNB00)

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Dickson, Alexander (1836-1887) (DNB00)

copyright status as a creator

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worldwide

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died more than 100 years ago

retrieved

8 December 2020

Commons category

Alexander Dickson (botanist)

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12 December 2019

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Harvard Index of Botanists ID

25185

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National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID

mp96237

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID

7613

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Plant Illustrations artist ID

1443

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WBIS ID

B50519

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