James Sinclair (botanist) explained

James Sinclair
Birth Date:29 November 1913
Birth Place:Orkney, Scotland
Death Date:26 February 1968
Death Place:Orkney, Scotland
Fields:Botany
Workplaces:Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Singapore Botanic Gardens
Alma Mater:Edinburgh University
Author Abbrev Bot:J.Sinclair

James Sinclair (1913–1968) was a Scottish botanist,[1] who worked at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the Singapore Botanic Gardens.[2]

Life

Sinclair was born in the Bu of Hoy Orkney, Scotland on 29 November 1913. He received a degree in botany from the Edinburgh University. He served as a radar operator in the Royal Air Force from 1941 to 1945. In 1968 he succumbed to cancer and was buried in Hoy.

Work

He was a botanist at the Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden where he oversaw the herbarium. In 1948 he became the herbarium curator at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Much of his work focused on the flowering plant families Annonaceae and Myristicaceae, though he also had an interest in marine plants and mosses.

Legacy

He is the authority for at least 192 taxa including:
His life and works have been honored as part of the Hoy Heritage project.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sinclair, James . . n.d. . Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries Index of Botanists . Harvard University . June 26, 2019.
  2. Sinclair, James (1913-1968) . . n.d. . Global Plants . ITHAKA . June 26, 2019.
  3. Web site: James Sinclair . . n.d. . Hoy Heritage . Hoy Heritage . June 26, 2019.