Sinclair was born in the Bu of Hoy Orkney, Scotland on 29 November 1913. He received a degree in botany from the Edinburgh University. He served as a radar operator in the Royal Air Force from 1941 to 1945. In 1968 he succumbed to cancer and was buried in Hoy.[2]
Workedit
He was a botanist at the Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden where he oversaw the herbarium. In 1948 he became the herbarium curator at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Much of his work focused on the flowering plant families Annonaceae and Myristicaceae, though he also had an interest in marine plants and mosses.[2]
He is the authority for at least 192 taxa including: IPNI. List of plant names with authority J.Sinclair. His life and works have been honored as part of the Hoy Heritage project.[4]
Referencesedit
^"Sinclair, James". Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries Index of Botanists. Harvard University. n.d. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^ abc"Sinclair, James (1913-1968)". Global Plants. ITHAKA. n.d. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
james, sinclair, botanist, james, sinclair, 1913, 1968, scottish, botanist, worked, royal, botanic, garden, edinburgh, singapore, botanic, gardens, james, sinclairborn29, november, 1913orkney, scotlanddied26, february, 1968orkney, scotlandalma, materedinburgh,. James Sinclair 1913 1968 was a Scottish botanist 1 who worked at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the Singapore Botanic Gardens 2 James SinclairBorn29 November 1913Orkney ScotlandDied26 February 1968Orkney ScotlandAlma materEdinburgh UniversityScientific careerFieldsBotanyInstitutionsRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Singapore Botanic GardensAuthor abbrev botany J Sinclair Contents 1 Life 2 Work 3 Legacy 4 ReferencesLife editSinclair was born in the Bu of Hoy Orkney Scotland on 29 November 1913 He received a degree in botany from the Edinburgh University He served as a radar operator in the Royal Air Force from 1941 to 1945 In 1968 he succumbed to cancer and was buried in Hoy 2 Work editHe was a botanist at the Edinburgh Royal Botanical Garden where he oversaw the herbarium In 1948 he became the herbarium curator at the Singapore Botanic Gardens Much of his work focused on the flowering plant families Annonaceae and Myristicaceae though he also had an interest in marine plants and mosses 2 The standard author abbreviation J Sinclair is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 3 Legacy editHe is the authority for at least 192 taxa including IPNI List of plant names with authority J Sinclair His life and works have been honored as part of the Hoy Heritage project 4 References edit Sinclair James Harvard University Herbaria amp Libraries Index of Botanists Harvard University n d Retrieved 26 June 2019 a b c Sinclair James 1913 1968 Global Plants ITHAKA n d Retrieved 26 June 2019 International Plant Names Index J Sinclair James Sinclair Hoy Heritage Hoy Heritage n d Retrieved 26 June 2019 nbsp This article about a botanist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Sinclair botanist amp oldid 1179853156, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
