> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 53](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264742) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10393687) QID Q10393687 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Aikin, William Edward Augustin (1807-1888), American botanist and chemist, studied at the Renselaer Institute, lic. N.Y. State Med. Soc. and hon. M.D. Vermont Academy of medicine, in Baltimore from 1832 in various capacities at the University of Maryland, professor of chemistry 1837-1883, emeritus professor 1883-1888, L.L.D. 1843. **Abbreviated name**: *W. Aikin* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection PH|PH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 23 (b. 1807, Troy, N.Y.; d. 30 Mai 1888, Baltimore); ME 3: 527; PR 76, ed. 1: 107; Rehder 1: 318, 517. #### Biofile - Baillon, H.E., Dict. bot. 1: 78. 1876. - Mears, J.A., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 133: 143. 1981 (coll. at PH). - Pennell, F.W. and J.H. Barnhart, Monogr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 599. 1935 (coll. at PH). ### Publications ##### n.18.976. Catalogue of phaenogamous plants **Title** *Catalogue of phaenogamous plants* and ferns or naturalized near *Baltimore*, Maryland... \[Baltimore (printed by John D. Toy) 1837\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. phaen. pl. Baltimore*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1837 (read 16 Mar 1837), *in* Trans. Maryland Academy of Sciences and Literature 1: 55-91. 1837. No reprint seen.