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WILLIAM AITON (1731-1793)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 448 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WILLIAM See also:AITON (1731-1793)  , Scottish botanist, was See also:born near See also:Hamilton in 1731 . Having been regularly trained to the profession of a gardener, he travelled to See also:London in 1754, and became assistant to See also:Philip See also:Miller, then See also:superintendent of the Physic See also:Garden at See also:Chelsea . In 1759 he was appointed director of the newly established botanical garden at See also:Kew, where he remained until his See also:death on the 2nd of See also:February 1793 . He effected many improvements at the gardens, and in 1789 he published Hortus Kewensis, a See also:catalogue of the See also:plants there cultivated . A second and enlarged edition of the Hortus was brought out in 1810-1813 by his eldest son, See also:WILLIAM TOWNSEND See also:AITON (1766-1849), who succeeded him at Kew and was commissioned by See also:George IV. to See also:lay out the gardens at the See also:Pavilion, See also:Brighton .

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