> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 101](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066441) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11434-1) LSID 11434-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18917507) QID Q18917507 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Watson, John Forbes (1827-1892), Scottish physician and economic botanist; M.D. Aberdeen 1847; assistant surgeon Bombay medical service 1850; lecturer in physiology at Grant medical college; on sick leave to England 1853; reporter on economic products of India, keeper of the India office Museum 1858-1879. **Abbreviated name**: *J.F. Wats.* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.F.Watson*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. – *Letters* at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 464; BM 5: 2272; Desmond p. 644 (d. 27 Jul 1892); DNB 60: 15-16 (20: 926-927); Herder p. 89; Jackson p. 11, 385, 388; LS 28386; PR 10012; Rehder 5: 904; Tucker 1: 733-734. #### Biofile - Alliborie, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 3: 2605. 1888. - Anon., Brit. Mus. cat. print. books 253: 823. 1965; Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 218: 997-998. 1973. - Boase, F., Modern English biogr. 3: 1226-1227. 1965. - Buckland, C.E., Dict. Indian biogr. 442-443. 1906. - Ferguson, J.A., Bibl. Australia 7: 892-893. 1969. ### Publications ##### n.16.809. Index to the native and scientific names **Title** *Index to the native and scientific names* of *Indian* and other easern *economic plants* and products. Officially prepared under the authority of the secretary of state for India in council... London (Trubner & Co....) 1868. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Index Indian econ. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1868 (p. iv: Nov 1866; J. Bot. rev. Jul 1868; Flora 20 Jun 1868), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-637, \[639, colo.\]. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, MO, PH. ##### n.16.810. A classified and descriptive catalogue of the Indian Department **Title** Vienna Universal Exhibition, 1873. *A classified and descriptive catalogue of the Indian Department*... London (W.H. Allen & Co.,...) 1873. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Classif. cat. Ind. Dept.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1873, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-246. *Copy*: M.