William Aiton
Also known as Aiton, Wm. Aiton
British botanist
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- Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew; Volume 3
- Hortus Kewensis : Volume 3, Diadelphia to Cryptogamia
- Hortus Kewensis : Volume 1, Monandria to Heptandria
- Hortus Kewensis : Volume 2, Octandria to Monadelphia
- History of the Rencounter at Drumclog, and Battle at Bothwell Bridge, in the Month of June, 1679, and Reflections on Political Subjects
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William Aiton (1731 – 2 February 1793) was a Scottish botanist.
The Aiton family tomb Aiton was born near Hamilton. Having been regularly trained to the profession of a gardener, he travelled to London in 1754, and became assistant to Philip Miller, then superintendent of the Chelsea Physic Garden. In 1759 he was appointed director of the newly established botanical garden at Kew, where he remained until his death. He effected many improvements at the gardens, and in 1789 he published Hortus Kewensis, a catalogue of the plants cultivated there. He is buried at nearby St. Anne's Church, Kew.
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