Isaac Lawson
Isaac Lawson (died 1747), was a Scottish physician. He became a student of
From spring to autumn 1738 he undertook an extensive trip to some of Germany's most famous
He later became a physician for the
Legacy
Linnaeus dedicated to him the genus Lawsonia,[3][4] the henna of the East. Lawson is mentioned in Dr. Maton's edition of Linnaeus's Diary, and included in his reprint of Richard Pulteney's View of the Writings of Linnaeus.
Another Isaac Lawson, possibly a son, entered Leyden University 13 March 1747, and is described in the register as Britanno-Edinburgensis.
References
- ^ Kees van Strien: A Medical Student at Leiden and Paris William Sinclair 1736-38: Part I . In: Proceedings of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Volume 25, 1995, pp. 294-304 ("Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 24 September 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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- ^ Carl von Linné: Critica Botanica. Leiden 1737, p. 93
- ^ Carl von Linné: Genera Plantarum. Leiden 1742, p. 160
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Lawson, Isaac". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co.