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James Anderson (17 January 1738, Long Hermiston, Midlothian - 6 August 1809, Garden House, by Madras, India) was a Scottish physician and botanist. He was the son of Andrew Anderson, physician in Long Hermiston.〔"(Memoirs of Dr James Anderson physician at Madras )", in ''The Bee, or Literary weekly intelligencer'', Edinburgh, May 9, 1792, p. 16〕 He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh.〔 He was company surgeon for the East India Company from 1786 and physician-general in Madras from 1800.〔 He wrote about his experiences of culture in the South of India. He published ''Varnish and Tallow-trees'' in 1791 and ''Culture of Bastard Cedar Trees on Coast of Coromandel'' in 1794. He was a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. William Roxburgh (1751–1815) named the genus ''Andersonia'' after him. == References == * Ray Desmond (1994). ''Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists including Plant Collectors, Flower Painters and Garden Designers''. Taylor & Francis and The Natural History Museum (London). ISBN 0-85066-843-3 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Anderson (botanist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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