Authorised form of name | Aitchison; James Edward Tierney (1835 - 1898) |
Dates | 1835 - 1898 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Neemuch [ie Nimach], Madhya Pradesh, Bharat, India |
Date of birth | 28 October 1835 |
Place of death | Kew, Surrey |
Date of death | 30 September 1898 |
Occupation | Surgeon |
Research field | Botany |
Activity | Education: Edinburgh University. MD Career: Assistant Surgeon, HEIC (1858); collected plants of the Punjab and Sind; served in Afghanistan and collected specimens; Naturalist to the Afghan delimitation commission; Surgeon Major (by 1882); retired at rank of Brigade Surgeon (1888); died of heart problems Honours: CIE 1883 Memberships: FRCS; FRSE; FLS
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 07/06/1883 |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1898-1899 vol 64 pp xi-xiii signed by W B H |
Royal Society code | NA1608 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference number | Title | Date |
EC/1883/02 | Aitchison, James Edward Tierney: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
NLB/4/957 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr James Edward Tierney Aitchison, Fellow of the Royal Society, Poste Restante, Florence | 8 December 1890 |
NLB/3/971 | Copy letter from T E Jones, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 27 November 1889 |
NLB/6/890 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to [Harrison & Sons] | [July 1892] |
NLB/13/661 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 28 October 1896 |
NLB/17/288 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 3 October 1898 |
NLB/3/916 | List of corrections in the addresses of Royal Society Fellows | 8 November 1889 |