The Regius Chair of Botany at the

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is a

Regius Professor A Regius Professor is a university professor who has, or originally had, royal patronage or appointment. They are a unique feature of academia in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The first Regius Professorship was in the field of medicine, and ...

ship established in 1818. A lectureship in botany had been founded in 1704. From 1718 to 1818, the subject was combined with Anatomy. The chair was founded in 1818 by King

George III George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...

Regius Professors of Botany

* For 1718–1818, see: Regius Professor of Anatomy * Robert Graham MD (1818) * Sir

William Jackson Hooker Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden. At Kew h ...

MA LLD DCL FRS (1820) * John Hutton Balfour MA MD (1841) *

George Arnott Walker-Arnott George Arnott Walker Arnott of Arlary (6 February 1799 – 17 April 1868) was a Scottish botanist. Early life George Arnott Walker Arnott was born in Edinburgh in 1799, the son of David Walker Arnott of Arlary. He attended Milnathort Parish ...

MA LLD, Advocate (1845) * Alexander Dickson MA MD (1868) * Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour MA MD DSc FRS (1879) * Frederick Orpen Bower MA ScD LLD FRS (1885) * James Montague Frank Drummond MA (1925) * John Walton MA DSc ScD D-es-Sc LLD (1930) *

Percy Wragg Brian Percy Wragg Brian FRS FRSE CBE (5 September 1910 – 17 August 1979) was a British botanist and mycologist. He was critical to the development of plant pathology and natural antibiotics such as Gibberellin and Griseofulvin. Life He was born in H ...

BA PhD DPhil (1963) * John Harrison Burnett MA DPhil (1968) * Malcolm Barrett Wilkins PhD DSc FRSE (1970) * Michael Robert Blatt BSc PhD FRSE (2001)

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*''Who, What and Where: The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow''. Compiled by Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond)

Regius Professors of Botany

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