Isaac Anderson-Henry

Isaac Anderson-Henry of Woodend FRSE (né Anderson, 1800– 21 September 1884) was a Scottish lawyer and horticulturist.

Life

A lawyer in practice in Edinburgh, he is shown as Isaac Anderson SSC in 1840, living at 14 Maryfield, and having offices nearby at 4 Montgomery Street.

He retired from law practice in 1861 upon his wife's inheritance of estates in Woodend, Perthshire, when he changed his name to Anderson-Henry, enabling him to pursue horticulture.[1] He was president of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh (1866-7),[2] and collected plants from right around the world, including the Andes, north-western Himalayas, and New Zealand. He studied plant hybridisation in a time that was before the rediscovery of genetics,[3][4] and was a sometime correspondent of Charles Darwin.

In 1869 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being John Hutton Balfour.[5]

In his final years he lived at Hay Lodge in Trinity, Edinburgh.[6]

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gollark: In some cases it's probably possible but it would have drawbacks or isn't cost-effective yet.
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References
  1. "Darwin Correspondence Project – Name file 115 – Anderson-Henry, Isaac". Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. http://www.lloydlibrary.org/exhibits/darwin/anderson.html
  3. "Obituary Notice of Mr Isaac Anderson-Henry". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 16: 189–190. doi:10.1080/03746608609468252.
  4. "Obituary Notice of Mr George Bentham". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 16: 190–192. doi:10.1080/03746608609468253.
  5. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  6. Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1882-83
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