Background
He was the son of Major J Aitchison HEICS.
He was the son of Major J Aitchison HEICS.
James Edward Tierney Aitchison Doctor of Medicine Doctor of Laws International Commission on Illumination FRSE Federal Reserve System Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (28 October 1836 Nimach, India - 30 September 1898 Priory Terrace, Kew Green, London) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist.
He obtained his doctorate in medicine at Edinburgh University in 1858, and then entered the Bengal Medical Service. He harvested plants in India from 1861 to 1872, in Afghanistan from 1879 to 1885 and occasionally in Ireland 1867 to 1869. He published a catalog of plants of Punjab and Sindh in 1869, "On the flora of Kuram Valley, et cetera
Afghanistan" in the Journal of the Linnean Society in 1880–1881 and various other publications in the publications of the Linnean Society of London (he was a member from 1863).
His herbarium is preserved in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Calcutta.
Royal Society; Linnean Society of London. Royal Society of Edinburgh]
He became a member of the Royal Society in 1883.