Charles Alston (botanist)

Charles Alston (1683 – 22 November 1760) was a Scottish botanist.

Alston was born in Hamilton. In 1715 he went to Leyden to study under the Dutch physician Hermann Boerhaave. On his return to Scotland he became lecturer in materia medica and botany at Edinburgh and also superintendent of the botanical gardens. He was a critic of Linnaeus's system of plant classification.

He is buried in Canongate Kirkyard in Edinburgh.

The tree genus Alstonia is named after him.

External links

• [1]
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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Name	Alston, Charles
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Short description	Scottish botanist
Date of birth	1683
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Date of death	22 November 1760
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