Georgius Watt
Georgius, vulgo George Watt (Meldri in oppido natus die 24 Aprilis 1851; ad Lockerbie die 2 Aprilis 1930 mortuus) fuit medicus et botanista Scoticus qui in India laboravit.
Georgius Watt
Obitus: 1930; Lockerbie
Patria: Britanniarum Regnum, Britanniarum Regnum
Alumnus fuit scholae grammaticae et collegii Marischallani Aberdonensis necnon universitatis Glasguensis. Professor botanicae apud collegium Hooghliense(en) ab anno fere 1874,[1] mox apud collegium Regiminis Krishnagarense(en) meruit. Catalogum botanicum expositionis internationalis Calcuttensis(en), anno 1883/4 celebratae, confecit in partes septem divisum, titulo Economic Products of India Exhibited in the Economic Court, Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883/84:
- vol. I, in quo comprehenduntur pars 1, gummia et resinae; pars 2, tincturae, coriaria, acida; pars 3, fibra et plantae fibrosae; pars 4, olea et semina oleaginosa, unguenta, sapones;
- pars 5, res medicinales
- pars 6, cibi, res cibariae, pabula
- pars 7, ligna
E quo catalogo, iussu ministerii agriculturae imperii Britannici Indiani, opus capitale elaboraverit, titulo Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, inter annos 1889 et 1893 divulgatum:
- vol. 1, Abaca–Buxus. 1889
- vol. 2, Cabbage–Cyperus. 1890
- vol. 3, Dacrydium–Gordonia. 1890
- vol. 4, Gossypium–Linociera. 1890
- vol. 5, Linum–Oyster. 1891
- vol. 6 pars 1, Pachyrhizus–Rye. 1892
- vol. 6 pars 2, Sabadilla–Silica. 1893
- vol. 6 pars 3, Silk–Tea. 1893
- vol. 6 pars 4, Tectona–Zygophillum. 1893
Series encyclopaedica The Wealth of India medio saeculo XX divulgata est,[2][3] ex opere Watt partim derivata, e qua volumina nonnulla in interrete legi possunt.[4]
Scripta alia
recensere
- 1881 : "Notes on the Vegetation &c. of Chumba State and British Lahoul; with Descriptions of New Species" in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany vol. 18 pp. 368–382
- 1898 : The pests and blights of the tea plant being a report of investigations conducted in Assam and to some extent also in Kangra. Calcuttae: Superintendent, Government Printing Textus apud Internet Archive
- 1907 : The wild and cultivated cotton plants of the world; a revision of the genus Gossypium. Londinii: Longman Textus
- 1908 : The commercial products of India : being an abridgment of The dictionary of the economic products of India. Londinii: John Murray Textus apud Internet Archive
Notae
recensere- ↑ Rajesh Kochhar, "Tribhuvandas Kalyandas Gajjar (1863–1920): the pioneering industrial chemist of western India" in Current Science vol. 104 (2013) pp. 1093-1097, vide p. 1094
- ↑ Chakravarthy, R.S. (1975). "Watt's Dictionary: A Landmark in the Study of the Economic Plants of India". Economic Botany 29 (1): 31–38
- ↑ Chakre, Onkar J. (2010). "The Wealth of India - a CSIR's encyclopaedia of information resource on economic plants, animals and minerals". Current Science 99 (7): 969–971
- ↑ Raw materials ("Materia cruda") ed. S. S. Bhatnagar, S. Husain Zaheer: Vol. 1, A-B. 1948; Vol. 2, C. 1950; Vol. 4, F-G. 1950; Vol. 5, H-K; Vol. 6, L-M. 1947; Vol. 7, N-Pe; Vol. 8, Ph-Re. Industrial products ("Provenientia industrialia") ed. B. N. Sastri: Pars 1, A-B. 1948; Pars 2, C. 1944; Pars 3, D-E. 1946; Pars 5, H-K
Nexus externi
recensere- "Sir George Watt (1851-1930)" apud Botanics Stories (Regius Hortus Botanicus Edinburgensis