| Name | Lawson, George William |
| Date of birth | 1926 |
| Date of death | 2014 |
| Remarks | [author note: BM; West African seaweeds, world biogeography of marine algae [Mike Gilbert (BM) provided a portion of the data on 30 Jun 1999]] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 179883 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/95fa64d0-b0f3-49d6-8c4f-c16653a26614 |
| Variant name | George William Lawson |
| Author name | G. W. Lawson |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | G. W. Lawson |
| Standard/Label Name | G. W. Lawson |
| Full Name | Lawson, George William |
| Geography Author | United States of America |
| Specialty Author | Algae |
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |