George Jackson (1780–1811) was an English botanist and author. He was born in Aberdeen in 1780 and was later in charge of A.B. Lambert's herbarium . On 2 February 1808 he was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society and made important contributions to the Henry Cranke Andrews publication The Botanist's Repository . He formally described the genus Ormosia Transactions of the Linnean Society [ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Jackson died on 12 January 1811 aged 31. In the same year Robert Brown named a genus of leguminous plants Jacksonia James Edward Smith , in Rees's Cyclopædia noted -
"Jacksonia , so named by Mr. Robert Brown, in memory of the late Mr. George Jackson, F.L.S., a man of the most excellent and amiable character, devoted to the science of botany."[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
^ "Ormosia " . Tropicos. Retrieved 27 October 2018 .^ Jackson, George (1811). "Account of Ormosia , a new genus of decandrous plants belonging to thenatural order of Leguminosae" . Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . 10 (2): 358–364. doi :10.1111/j.1096-3642.1810.tb00025.x . Retrieved 27 October 2018 . ^ Britten, James (1916). "Bibliographical notes LXV - Henry Andrews and his "Botanists' Repository" . Journal of Botany, British and Foreign . 54 : 242–243. Retrieved 27 October 2018 .^ Rees, Abraham, ed. (1811). The Cyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature (Volume 18) . Retrieved 27 October 2018 . ^ Britten, James (1886). "George Jackson, F.L.S." Journal of Botany, British and Foreign . 24 : 137–139. Retrieved 27 October 2018 . ^ Desmond, Ray, ed. (1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including Plant Collectors, Flower Painters and Garden Designers ISBN 9780850668438 ^ International Plant Names Index . Jacks