William Jameson CIE

FRSE Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This soci ...

(1815-1882) was a Scottish physician and botanist linked to the massive spread of tea plantations in North India in the 19th century.

Life

He was born in Leith in 1815 the son of Laurence Jameson or Jamieson (1783-1827), a soda manufacturer at Silverfield and his wife, Jane Watson (b.1788). His uncle was Robert Jameson

. He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh then studied Medicine at Edinburgh University. In 1838 he received a position with the Indian Medical Service based in Bengal. His interest quickly drifted to botany and he was made Curator of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. In 1842 he was made Superintendent of the

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Botanical Garden. From 1860 he delegated this duty to Dr

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whilst he was absent for a year. In 1863 he was elected a Fellow of the

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his proposer being

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. From 1875, he was Deputy Surgeon-General of India for which he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE). He died in

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in India on 18 March 1882.

Publications

*''Suggestions for the Importation of Tea Makers, Implements and Seeds from China'' (1852)

Family

He was married to Emily Field. His cousin was

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References

1815 births 1882 deaths Scottish botanists People from Leith Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Tea Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire {{Scotland-med-bio-stub