| Name | Acton, Hugh William |
| Date of birth | 1883 |
| Date of death | 1935 |
| Remarks | [Name notes: Lt-Col., Director of the School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata, and of Carmichael Hospital for Tropical Disease]
Example of Names published: Malassezia ovalis (Bizz.) Acton & Panja, Indian Med. Gaz. 26: 603 (1927) |
| ASA Botanist ID | 175836 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/6246f750-b109-4a31-b4b5-d33ec39d772d |
| Variant name | Hugh William Acton |
| Author name | Acton |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Acton |
| Standard/Label Name | H. W. Acton |
| Full Name | Acton, Hugh William |
| Geography Author | India, United Kingdom |
| Specialty Author | Fungi |
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Forenames & Dates in: National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20779366/ (via David Hollombe) |