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	William Aiton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Aiton (1731 - February 2, 1793) was a Scottish botanist.
		A second and enlarged edition of the Hortus was brought out in 1810-1813 by his eldest son, William Townsend Aiton (1766 - 1849), who succeeded him at Kew and was commissioned by George IV to lay out the gardens at the Pavilion, Brighton.
		The standard botanical author abbreviation Aiton is applied to plants he described, while his son is mentioned as W.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Aiton (190 words)

	William Aiton -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		William Aiton -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		William Aiton (1731 - February 2, 1793) was a (The dialect of English used in Scotland) Scottish (A biologist specializing in the study of plants) botanist.
		Aiton was born near (A port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario) Hamilton.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_aiton.htm (128 words)

	KEYSTONE - LoveToKnow Article on KEYSTONE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In Gothic architecture there is no keystone, but the junction of pointed ribs at their summit is sometimes decorated with a boss to mask the intersection.
		The Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew originated in the exotic garden formed by Lord Capel and greatly extended by the princess dowager, widow of Frederick, prince of Wales, and by George III., aided by the skill of William Aiton and of Sir Joseph Banks.
		In 1840 the gardens were adopted as a national establishment, and transferred to the department of woods arid forests.
	52.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KE/KEYSTONE.htm (246 words)

	The Noble Family of Clive
		William Hooker had become the Editor of CBM by 1828.
		Her maiden name was Herbert, and she probably was related to Rev. William Herbert (1778-1847), a very good botanist and expert on bulbous plants, particularly amaryllids.
		William T. Aiton (1766-1849) was at Kew Botanical Gardens for 52 years, and became superintendent, succeeding his father who had been Royal Gardener before him.
	www.cliviasociety.org /william_t_aiton_william_hooker_john_lindley.php (986 words)

	PlantExplorers.com™
		His close working relationship with the King's Head Gardener, William Aiton, was an important factor in the smooth operation of the practical aspects of the garden, while his connections with the Royal Society (he was president for 41 years) helped to secure Kew as a centre of scientific and even economic research.
		Even the death of William Aiton was not enough to disturb this wonderful momentum, as his son William Townsend Aiton was chosen as his natural successor in 1793.
		When William Jackson Hooker was appointed director in 1841, the glass houses had been slated for conversion into vineries and their precious contents moved out into the cold to be disposed of at a later date.
	www.plantexplorers.com /Explorers/Botanical_Gardens/Kew01.htm (767 words)

	Botanical Explorations of William Bartram
		For example, William Aiton, in his three volume work, described 5500 species many of which had made their way to Kew Gardens by way of Collinson and Fothergill, the patrons of John and William, respectively.
		John Fothergill, the patron of William Bartram, agreed to support the travels of W. Bartram in the southeast in return for specimens, drawings, and a Journal of his observations.
		Poor William, after his return to Philadelphia in January, 1777, from his four glorious years of collecting and observing in the southeast, was left to wonder what had become of his treasure that seemed to have disappeared in London.
	www.bartramtrail.org /pages/explor.html (2449 words)

	Royal Horticultural Society - Publications: The Garden February 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Wedgwood began by writing to William Forsyth, but Forsyth was busy with a book on fruit trees, and getting involved in an acrimonious dispute over the merits of a ‘plaster’ for tree wounds, for which he had been awarded a sizeable Government grant.
		Two Aitons were successively Superintendents of the Royal gardens at Kew: William Aiton (1731 - 93) was succeeded by his son William Townsend Aiton, who had worked as a garden designer in his 20s.
		Greville’s uncle, Sir William Hamilton, the Ambassador at the Court of Naples, advised him to marry a wealthy heiress.
	www.rhs.org.uk /learning/publications/pubs/garden0204/beginning.asp (1686 words)

	The history of orchids at Kew
		A Scottish gardener, William Aiton, who had trained at the Chelsea Physic Garden under the celebrated Philip Miller, was employed in 1759 to take charge of a small physic garden which was dedicated to botany, and aimed 'to contain all the plants known upon earth'!
		Sir Joseph Hooker's successor, William Thiselton﷓Dyer, was able to write in 1904 that the Kew collection has much improved in health since the reconstruction in 1898 of the houses accessible to the public.
		William Watson also came to Kew as a gardener in 1879, but was concerned with living plants for much longer, becoming Assistant Curator in 1886 and Curator from 1901﷓22.
	www.ionopsis.com /history.htm (5530 words)

	Housing
		The subsistence level of economic activity in the fermtoun meant that social conditions were wretched.
		The typical Lowland farm house of the early-mid eighteenth century was described by William Aiton in 1811:
		About 50 years ago, the farm houses in the county of Ayr [adjacent to Lanarkshire on the west] were despicable hovels; many of them were built in part, and some altogether of turf, or of mud plastered on stakes and basket work...
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	Troon, Dundonald & Symington
		Boyd, William, esq., Symington/ Bole, Colonel John, of Stewarton/ Campbell, Jno.
		Campbell, William, Troon/ Cockburn, Lawrence and William, Dundonald/McMillan, James, Symington/ Porter, Joseph, Symington
		Aiton, James, lime burner, Troon/ Buchanan, John, cooper, Troon/ Dinnen, Hugh, saddler, Dundonald/ Paterson, Alexander, ship broker, Troon/ Paterson, John, land measurer, Troon/ Wharrie, Thomas, clothier, Troon
	maybole.org /history/archives/1837directory/troondundonaldsymington.htm (1010 words)

	February 1st
		His grace was a prominent statesman in the reigns of William and Mary, Queen Anne, and George I, and filled some of the highest official situations.
		In the neatly kept churchyard of Kew, in Surrey, rest the remains of William Aiton, 'late gardener to his Majesty at Kew,' a reputation which he largely extended by the publication of the famed Catalogue of Plants in the royal gardens, entitled the Hortus Kewensis.
		He had been superintendent of the gardens from their first establishment; and in honour of his professional abilities and private worth, at his funeral the pall was supported by Sir Joseph Banks, the Rev D. Goodenough, Dr. Pitcairne, Mr.
	www.thebookofdays.com /months/feb/1.htm (3904 words)

	AITON, WILLIAM (1731-1793) - Online Information article about AITON, WILLIAM (1731-1793) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		AITON, WILLIAM (1731-1793) - Online Information article about AITON, WILLIAM (1731-1793)
		WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. Ger.
		A second and enlarged edition of the Hortus was brought out in 1810-1813 by his eldest son, WILLIAM TOWNSEND AITON (1766-1849), who succeeded him at Kew and was commissioned by See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ADA_AIZ/AITON_WILLIAM_1731_1793_.html (258 words)

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	Euphorbia meloformis Aiton
		The reason that your writer still picks up his pen is the fact quite some recent knowledge can be added to the already existing information.
		Euphorbia meloformis is a very 'ancient' species, because she was already described in 1789, by William Aiton (gardener of king George III) in the second part of the first edition of the Hortus Kewensis.
		He called her the 'melon-shaped spurge' and stated that she was brought to England in 1774 by Francis Masson.
	www.u4ba.nl /articles/meloformis_aiton.htm (1853 words)

	census - Adams to Aiton
		Aiton, William Sep 1831 68 St St St m/46
		Aiton, Mary Jun 1867 32 Wi St NY
		Aiton, Arch Jul 1877 22 Ia St NY
	www.rootsweb.com /~iataylor/CEN2.htm (701 words)

	KEW - Online Information article about KEW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Aiton the botanist and director of Kew Gardens (d.
		dowager, widow of Frederick, prince of Wales, and by George III., aided by the skill of William Aiton and of Sir See also:
		In 184o the gardens were adopted as a See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /JUN_KHA/KEW.html (814 words)

	Overview of William Aiton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Born near Hamilton (South Lanarkshire), Aiton was destined to become a gardener but his scientific knowledge resulted in move to London where he obtained a position at the Physic Garden in Chelsea.
		He was thereafter appointed the first Superintendent of a new botanical garden which had been established at Kew by King George III.
		He was succeeded at Kew by his son William Townsend Aiton, who in turn was succeeded by Sir William Hooker (1785 - 1865), the first formal Director of Kew Gardens.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst1430.html (133 words)

	William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61 February 2 in History
		William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61 February 2 in History
		William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61
		Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life.
	www.brainyhistory.com /events/1793/february_2_1793_44658.html (47 words)

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		Autograph Letter Signed to Dean Harley, regretting that he had missed his visit, 2 pages 8vo, Woolston, 13 Jun 1880.
		Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, sending specimens, with Autograph Letter Signed of his son, Wm Townsend Aiton who succeeded his father at Kew, in all 2 pages 4to, no date & 1809.
		Autograph Letter Signed to Henslow, asking his assistance in filling a vacancy in a Church of England living, 4 pages 8vo, Trinity College, Dublin, 9 May 1855.
	manuscripts.co.uk /2SCI.HTM (3700 words)

	Aiton, William: General View of the Agriculture of the County of Ayr: Volume 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Aiton, William: General View of the Agriculture of the County of Ayr: Volume 2
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