Alexander Anderson (Botanist) (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alexander Anderson FRSE FLS (born Aberdeen - died 1811, St Vincent) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist. Anderson studied at Edinburgh University. Fellow Aberdonian William Forsyth briefly employed him at the Chelsea Physic Garden in London, prior to Anderson's emigration to New York in 1774, where he stayed with his brother John, a printer. He was appointed in 1785 superintendent of the government botanic garden at St. Vincent, where he showed much activity.