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

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in 1799, the son of David Walker Arnott of Arlary. He attended Milnathort Parish School then the

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. He studied law in Edinburgh.

Career

Walker Arnott became a botanist, holding the position of Regius Professor of Botany in the

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from 1845 to 1868. He studied the botany of North America with Sir William Hooker and collaborated with

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in studies of

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n botany. He and William J. Hooker went through the Australian collected plant material of

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, which was sent back to the UK after his death.Ray Desmond (Editor) He was a member of the Societe de Histoire Naturelle in

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and the

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Imperial Society of Natural History.

Personal life and death

Walker Arnott married Mary Hay Barclay in 1831. He died in

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in 1868, aged 69, and is buried in Sighthill Cemetery.

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* Scottish botanists Botanists with author abbreviations 1799 births 1868 deaths Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Academics of the University of Glasgow Members of the Faculty of Advocates Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scientists from Edinburgh People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh 19th-century British botanists Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh {{Scotland-biologist-stub