William Townsend Aiton (1766 - 1849) was a Scottish botanist.
He brought out a second and enlarged edition of the Hortus Kewensis in 1810-1813, a catalogue of the plants at Kew Gardens, the first edition of which was written by his father William Aiton. Aiton succeeded his father at Kew Gardens and was commissioned by George IV to lay out the gardens at the Pavilion, Brighton and Buckingham Palace Gardens.
References
- ^ Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4.
Further reading
- Taylor, George (1970). "Aiton, William Townsend". Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 89-90. ISBN 0684101149.
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