> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 108](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066448) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11442-1) LSID 11442-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3101998) QID Q3101998 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Watt, Sir George (1851-1930), British economic botanist; MB Glasgow 1872; professor of botany, Calcutta University 1873-1884; scientific assistant secretary Supreme Gvt. Secretariat, India 1884; commissioner for India Colonial Exhibition London 1885-1886; Reporter on Economic products Gvt. India 1887-1903; on special duty in London 1904-1908; retired from Indian service 1906; president Richmond Athenaeum 1907-1908; visited San Thomé 1912. **Abbreviated name**: *G. Watt* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.Watt*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection E|E]] (private herb., ca. 20.000); further material in [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection BM|BM]] (Sao Tomé), [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection GLAM|GLAM]], [[Collection K|K]] (260 *Gossyplum* and Indian material), [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MO|MO]] (Sao Tomé), [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 465; BJI 1: 62; BM 5: 2273; Bossert p. 428; Clokie p. 262; Desmond p. 645 (b. 24 Apr 1851, d. 2 Apr 1930); Herder p. 214, 317; Hortus 3: 1206; Jackson p. 58, 387; LS 28398-28401, 40439; Morren ed. 10, p. 144; MW p. 525; Rehder 5: 905; TL-2/13.121, see E. Thurston; Tucker 1: 735, 2: xl; Urban-Berl. p. 408; Zander ed. 10, p. 730, ed. 11, p. 833. #### Biofile - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 253: 912. 1965; J. Bot. 68: 149-150. 1930 (obit.); Who's who (London) 1900-1930; Who was who (London) 1929-1940, 1423-1424. - Balfour, I.H., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1930: 328-330 (obit.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. isl. 138.49. 1980. - Buckland, C.E., Dict. Indian biogr. 443. 1906. - Burkill, I.H., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 142: 226-229. 1931 (obit.); Chapt. hist. bot. India 58, 147, 148, 187, 198. 1965. - Exell, A.W., Cat. vasc. pl. S. Tome 14. 1944. - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 778. 1985. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 410. 1975. - Stebbing, E.P., Nature 125: 677-678. 1930 (obit.). #### Eponymy *Wattia* S.H. Mamay (1967) was named for A.D. Watt of the U.S. Geological Survey. #### Composite works Editor, *The agricultural Ledger*, Calcutta, 1892-1903. ### Publications ##### n.16.831. A dictionary of the economic products of India **Title** *A dictionary of the economic products of India*... Calcutta (printed by the superintendent of Government printing, India) 1885-1893. Oct. 6 vols. (in 9). **Abbreviated title**: *Dict. econ. prod. India*. **Notes** *Authorship*: "Assisted by numerous contributors". *1*: 1885 (p. v: 1 Jul 1885), p. \[i\]-v, \[i\]-xxxiii, \[1\]-559 – *Copy*: MO. *1* (*reissue*): 1889 (p. xi: 1 Jan 1889), p. \[i\]-xxxiii, \[1\]-559. *2*: 1889, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-689. *3*: 1890 (p. iv: Jul 1890), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-534. – London (W.H. Allen & Co.,...), Calcutta (Office superintendent...). *4*: 1890, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-643. *5*: 1891 (p. \[iii\]: Jun 1891), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-676. *6*(*1*): 1892 (p. iv: 6 Aug 1892), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-594. *6*(*2*): 1893, p. \[i\], \[1\]-687. *6*(*3*): 1893, p. \[i\], \[1\]-479. *6*(*4*): 1893, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-375. *Copies*: 1 (reissue) and 2-6(4), index: G(1-5), HH, MO (2-6(4)), NY; IDC 7322. *Index*: 1896, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-165. *Ref*.: Chakravarthy, R.S., Econ. Bot. 29: 31-38. 1975 (Watt's Dictionary: a landmark ...; Dictionary updated in *Wealth of India* 1948-1973). ##### n.16.832. The wild and cultivated cotton plants of the world **Title** *The wild and cultivated cotton plants of the world*. A revision of the genus Gossyplum framed primarily with the object of aiding planters and investigators who may contemplate the systematic improvement of the cotton staple... London, New York, Bombay, and Calcutta (Longmans, Green, and Co....) 1907. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Wild. cult. cotton*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1907 (p. x: Jul 1907; NY rd. Dec 1907; Nat. Nov. Jan(2) 1908), p. \[i\], frontisp. \[= *pl. 1*\], \[iii\]-xiv, \[1\]-406, *pl. 2-53. Copies*: B-S, BR, G, HH, NY, PH, WAG; IDC 7323. ##### n.16.833. The commercial products of India **Title** *The commercial products of India* being an abridgment of "The dictionary of the economic products of India"... London (John Murray,...) 1908. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Commerc. prod. India*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1908 (p. viii: Jul 1908), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-1 189, \[1190, colo.\]. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY. *Facsimile reprint*: 1966, Delhi (Today & Tomorrow).