| Name | Forsyth, William |
| Date of birth | 1737 |
| Date of death | 1804 |
| Remarks | "A Scottish botanist. He was a royal head gardener and a founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. A genus of flowering plants. Forsyth was born at Old Meldrum, in Aberdeenshire, and trained as a gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden. In 1779 he was appointed as chief superintendent of the royal gardens at Kensington and St James’s." (vide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Forsyth). Eponymy: Forsythia Vahl 1804 (nom. cons.) [collector note: BM?] |
| URL | http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/forsyth_william.htm |
| ASA Botanist ID | 147114 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/277c0a9c-34f2-4a6c-a54b-36a2df64ec60 |
| Variant name | William Forsyth |
| Author name | Forsyth |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Forsyth |
| Standard/Label Name | W. Forsyth |
| Full Name | Forsyth, William |
| Geography Collector | United Kingdom |
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes |
| Specialty Collector | Phanerogams |
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by W. Forsyth |
| Collections in | 1899 (1), 1900 (1) |
