George Panton

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George A. Panton FRSE (d. 1902) was a 19th-century British botanist.

He is thought to have been born in Edinburgh around 1840, possibly the son of William Panton, a clothier.

In 1863 he is noted as a member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh and was living at 31 Gayfield Square at the top of Leith Walk.[1]

In 1877 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir Charles Wyville Thomson, Sir Archibald Geikie, John Hutton Balfour, and Alexander Buchan.[2]

In 1882 he is noted as Secretary of the Birmingham branch of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh and is living at 95 Colmore Row.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 1863
  2. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
  3. ^ "Office-Bearers". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 16 (1–4): 169–171. 1886. doi:10.1080/03746608609468248.