> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 285](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259331) of TL-2 Suppl. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/18018-1) LSID 18018-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13108100) QID Q13108100 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Dickie, George|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Dickie, George \[A.\] (1812-1882), Scottish botanist, born in Aberdeen 23 Nov 1812, died ib. 15 Jul 1882, educated in Aberdeen at school and at Marischal College, M.A. Aberdeen 1830, studied medicine in Aberdeen 1831-1832, id. in Edinburgh 1833-1834, M.R.C.S. of London, lectured on botany in King's College, Old Aberdeen 1839-1849, degree MD 1842, appointed Prof. Natural History in Belfast 1849-1860, id. at the University of Aberdeen 1860-1877. **Abbreviated name**: *Dickie* \[standard form in IPNI: *Dickie*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] (acquired 1884, see TL-2/1: p. 643; purchase 1883 was a collection of about 7000 algae and 372 diat. slides), further material at [[Collection ABD|ABD]], [[Collection AK|AK]], [[Collection BRISTM|BRISTM]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GL|GL]], [[Collection HU|HU]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection WAR|WAR]]. – Letters at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 452 (b. 23 Nov 1812, Aberdeen, d. 15 Jul 1882, ib.); BB p. 90; BL 2: 280, 293, 294, 647; BM 1: 451; Bossert p. 102; CSP 2: 283-284, 7: 531, 9: 696, 14: 600; Desmond p. 183; De Toni 1: xxxiv-xxvi, 4: xx; DNB 15: 32; GR p. 395; IH 2: 161; Jackson p. 539 (index); Kew 2: 81; Langman p. 244; LS 7058-7059, 32.666; MW p. 95; Nordstedt p. 12; PR 2220-2222, ed. 1: 2557; Rehder 5(index): 226; SBC p. 119; TL-2/1: 643-644. #### Biofile - Aderhold, R.F.T., Gen. Reg. Bot. Zeit. 156. 1895 (index to reviews). - Allen, D.E., The botanists 47. 1986. - Anon., Hooker J. Bot. Kew G. Misc. 1: 350. 1829 (D. at Aberdeen); Bull. Soc. bot. France 29(Bibl.): 141. Jul-Aug 1882 (d.); Bot. Centralbl. 11(30): 152. 24-28 Jul 1882 (d.); Proc. Roy. Soc. 34: xii-xiii. 1882/1883; Nat. Nov. 4: 144. Jul-Aug 1882; Bot. Zeit. 40: 786. 10 Nov 1882 (d. 15 Jul 1882); Bot. Not. 1883: 30, 1884: 39 (d.); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1880/2: 40-41. 1883; J. Bot. 21: 30, 381. 1883 (err. born 1813); Nature 26: 279. 1883; Scottish Naturalist ser. 2. 7: 3-8. 1883/4; Proc. Belfast Nat. Field Club 6: 629. 1913; Belfast Nat. Hist. Philos. Soc. Centenary 71-72, 125-126. 1924. - Baillon, H.E., Dict. bot. 2: 404. 1884 (brief note). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 397 (33.14, 229.462). 1980. - Cleghorn, H., Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 16: 1-3. 1886 (bibl.). - Deby, J., Microscope micrographic studies 3: 13. 1882. - Dickinson, C.I. and L. Newton, Phycol. Bull. 1: 11. 1952. - Goulding, J.H., Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 12: 104. 1975 (D. material at AK). - Hawksworth, D.L. and M.R.D. Seaward, Lichenology Brit. Isl. 1568-1975: 198. 1977 (material at BM, E). - Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 102. 1972. - Kent, D.H., Brit. Herb. 51. 1957. - Kent, D.H. and D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish Herb. 128. 1984 (see for further material in herbaria). - Lett, H.W., Irish Naturalist 22: 25, 31. Feb 1913 (brief note); Ann. Rep. Proc. Belfast Natural. Field Cl. ser. 2. 6: 619. 1913. - Margadant, W.D., Sterbeeckia 4: 13-14. 1964. - Oliveira Filho, E.C. de, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 69: 229-238. 1974 (list Brazil. seaweeds in D.'s herb.). - Papenfuss, G.F., Antarct. Res. ser. 1: 65. 1964. - Prescott, G.W., Contr. bibl. antarct. subantarct. algae 261-262. 1979. - Rehbock, P.F., The philosophical naturalists 100, 113, 193. 1983. - Stewart, S.A. and T.H. Corry, Fl. N.E. Ireland xx-xxi. 1888. - Trail, J.W.H., Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 16: 3-6. 1886 (on D.'s work). - Urban, I., Symb. ant. 1: 38. 1898. - Watson, H.C., New Botanist's Guide 489-497. 1835; Topographical Bot. 522. 1873. #### Composite works - (1) Dr. *Dickie*, gave *Notes on the Algae* in Peter Cormack (1822-1900), Journal of a voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits, in... 1850-1851... in search of the missing crews of H.M. Ships Erebus and Terror: with... observations on the natural history ... London 1852, Vol. 2, appendix *Botany*, *Notes on the Algae* by Dr. Dickie. – See BM 5: 2052. - (2) Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-1894), A *summer search* \[in 1852 in the Isabel\] for Sir J. Franklin; with a peep into the *Polar Basin*... With short notices by Prof. *Dickie* (p. 133-144), on the *Botany*,... London, p. \[i\]-xxi, \[1\]-232, *4 pl*. (col.), 1 map. 1853. *Copies*: BM, HH. – See BM 2: 906. - (3) H.W. Feilden (ed.), *Narrative of a voyage* to the *Polar Sea* during 1875-76 in H.M. Ships "Alert" and "Discovery", ed. 2, vol. 2, no 14 Botany, G. Dickie dealt with the *Algae* and *Diatomaceae*. *Copy*: BM. – See BM 2: 562. - (4) *Freshwater Algae* in Robert Brown, *Florula Discoana*... Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 9: 462-464. 1868. - (5) *Freshwater Algae* in Manual of the natural history, geology and physics of Greenland 782 pp., London. - (6) *Marine Algae* in Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London 168 (extra volume): 53-62, 415-419. 1879. ### Publications ##### n.30.301. structure **Title** Remarks on the *structure* and *morphology* of *Marchantia*... \[Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinb. ... 1844\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1844 (read 8 Apr 1841 sic), p. 107-112, *pl. 6* (uncol. lith.). *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 1: 107-112, *pl. 6.* 1844. ##### n.30.302. botanist's guide **Title** The *botanist's guide* to the counties of *Aberdeen*, Banff and Kincardine... Aberdeen (A. Brown & Co.), Edinburgh (John Menzies, and A. & C. Blach), London (Longman & Co.) 1860. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. guide Aberdeen*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1860, map insert, p. \[i\]-xxxii, \[1\]-344, 2 fold. leaves of plates. *Copies*: BM, HH, L, MO, NY. *Ref*.: Nordstedt, C.F.O., Index Desmid. Bibl. 1860, p. 296-306 (list of desmids). - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 1495-1900: p. 109 (no. 980). 1980. ##### n.30.303. Mosses **Title** Notes on *Mosses*, collected by Mr. James Taylor on the *shores* of *Davis Straits*... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal – Botany... \[1869\]. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: James Taylor (1823-1913), see Desmond p. 601. – Plants at BM and K. *Publ*.: 1869 (read 16 Jan 1868), p. \[461\]-467. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 10: 461-467. 1869. ##### n.30.304. buds **Title** Note on the *buds* developed on *leaves* of *Malaxis*... \[London\] (Linnean Society's Journal, Bot.) 1873. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 9 Oct 1873 (in journal, read 7 Nov 1872), p. \[1\]-3. *Copy*: MO. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14(73): 1-3. 1873. *Supplemental note*: 25 Apr 1874 (in journal, read 20 Nov 1874 \[sic\], probably 1873), *in* id. 14(75): 180-182. 1874.