Alexander Carroll Maingay
British physician, botanist and botanical collector
About Alexander Carroll Maingay
Lived 1836 – 1869 (aged 32–33). Alexander Carroll Maingay was a British botanist, physician and botanical collector.
Alexander Carroll Maingay (1836 - 1869) was a British physician, botanist and botanical collector.
Education Alexander Carroll Maingay was born in Great Ayton, Yorkshire and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1854-1858, obtaining a gold medal for his thesis entitled 'Monograph on the British parmeliaceae'. During his medical studies he also assisted in re-arranging the large collection of Algae in the University Herbarium. After his death his botanical collections were acquired for Kew Gardens, including many plants then new to science. Maingay is commemorated in several plant names, such as Artocarpus maingayi King and Maingaya malayana Oliv.
Death It was while superintendent of Rangoon Central Prison that he was killed during a riot by inmates in November 1869.
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British physician, botanist and botanical collector (1836-1869)
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Alexander Carroll Maingay was born in 1836.
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Alexander Carroll Maingay died in 1869 in Yangon.
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Alexander Carroll Maingay was a botanist, physician and botanical collector.
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