> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 221](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355308) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/5921-1) LSID 5921-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1388461) QID Q1388461 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author MacGillivray, William (1796-1852), Scottish botanist and zoologist, MA Aberdeen 1815; at the Surgeons Museum Edinburgh 1831-1841; professor of natural history Aberdeen 1841-1852. **Abbreviated name**: *W. MacGillivray* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.MacGill.*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 424; BB p. 199; BL 2: 294, 686; BM 3: 1209-1210, 7: 772; CSP 4: 159, 8: 292, 12: 470, 16: 958; Desmond p. 406; DNB 35: 90; Henrey 3: 79; Herder p. 464; Jackson p. 39, 486, 576; Kew 3: 539; ME 1: 209, 3: 406; PR 5716 (ed. 1: 6387); Rehder 5: 532; SO 169, 2593c, 2684b; Tucker 1: 449. - Aberdeen University, The MacGillivray Memorial. Tablet unveiled at Marischal College. \[pamphlet, 16 p., Aberdeen 1900 or 1901\]. - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 10: 830. 1852, 11: 128. 1853; Flora 36: 32. 1853; Gard. Chron. 1900(2): 399-400; House Gard. 34: 206-209. 1979; Österr. bot. W. 2: 406. 1852 (d.). - Hawksworth, D. L. & M. R. D. Seaward, Lichenology Brit. Isles 116. 1977. - MacGillivray, W., The travels and researches of Alexander von Humboldt. London 1851; Life of William MacGillivray. London 1910 (xv, 222 p., 12 pl. portr.; scientific appreciation by J. Arthur Thomson; for review see Auk 27: 474-476. 1910). - Woodward, B. B; *in* G. Murray, Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 41. 1904 (orig. zool. drawings). #### Composite works - (1) translated A. Richard, *Éléments de botaniqu*e (1831). - (2) *An introduction to physiological and systematical botany*. By Sir James Edward Smith... a new edition, with additions, by William MacGillivray,... London 1836, see under J. E. Smith. ### Publications ##### n.5173. A systematic arrangement of British plants **Title** *A systematic arrangement of British plants*; by Withering, M. D. Corrected and condensed; preceded by an introduction to the study of botany, accompanied with figures: by W. MacGillivray,... London (J. F. Dove,...), Edinburgh (D. Lizars), Dublin (Martin Keene & Son) 1830. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Syst. arr. Brit. pl.* **Notes** *Author of original work*: William Withering (1741-1799); the *Syst. arr. Brit. pl*. is an updated abridgement of Withering, *Bot. arr. veg. Gr. Britain*. *Ed. 1*: 1830 (p. iv: 9 Jun 1830), p. \[i\]-iv, \[5\]-391, *pl. 1-10* (uncol.). *Copies*: NY, USDA. *Ed. 2*: 1833 (n.v). *Ed. 3*: 1835 (p. iii: 1 Aug 1835), p. \[i\]-viii, \[5\]-407, *pl. 1-9* (uncol.), *10* (col.). *Copies*: BR, NY. – Third edition. London (printed for Scott, Webster and Geary,...) 1835. Duod. (in sixes). *Ed. 4*: 1837 (p. viii: Jun 1837), p. \[i\]-viii, \[5\]-407, *pl. 1-9, 10* (id.). *Copy*: NY. – London (id.) 1837. Duod. (in sixes). *Ed. 5*: 1841 (p. 6: 15 Oct 1840), p. \[1\]-43, \[43 bis\], 43\*-44\*, \[45\]-414, *pl. 1-9, 10* (id.). *Copies*: G, MO, NY. – London (id.) 1841 Duod. (in sixes). *Ed. 6*: 1845 (P. 4: 31 Dec 1844, p. \[iii\]: Jan 1845), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-437, *pl. 1-9, 10* (id.). *Copies*: NY, US. – London (printed for Adam Scott...) 1845. Duod. (in sixes). *Ed. 7*: 1848 (p. \[iii\]: Mai 1848), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-437, *pl. 1-9, 10* (id.). *Copies*: MO, NY. – London (id.) 1848. Duod. (in sixes). *Ed. 8*: 1852 (p. iv: 1 Jun 1852), p. \[i\]-iv, \[5\]-476, *pl. 1-16* (uncol.) *Copy*: NY. – London (id.) Duod. (in sixes). *Ed. 9*: 1856, p. \[i\]-iv, \[5\]-476, *pl. 1-16* (uncol.). *Copy*: NY. – London (id.). Duod. (in sixes). *Ed. 10*: n.v. *Ed. 11*: 1863, p. \[i\]-iv, \[5\]-476, *pl. 1-16* (uncol.). *Copies*: FI, NY.– *Withering's British plants*... compiled for popular use, by William MacGillivray,... eleventh edition, revised throughout,... London (Edward Law,...) 1863. Duod. (in sixes). *Ed. 12*: n.v. *Ed. 13*: n.v. *Ed. 14*: 1877 (n.v.). ##### n.5174. A manual of botany **Title** *A manual of botany*: comprising vegetable anatomy and physiology, or the structure and functions of plants... London (Printed for Scott, Webster, and Geary,...) 1840. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Man. bot.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1840, p. \[iii\]-xii, \[1\]-272, *pl. 1-16* (uncol). *Copy*: NY. *Ed. 2*: 1843 ("im Jahr 1843 erschienen," Bot. Zeit. 29 Dec 1843, see also Bot. Zeit. 27 Dec 1844 and Bonplandia 1 Aug 1853) n.v. ##### n.5175. The natural history of Dee side and Braemar **Title** *The natural history of Dee side and Braemar*... London (Printed for private circulation) 1855. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Nat. Hist. Dee Side*. **Notes** *Editor*: Edwin Lankester (1814-1874). *Publ*.: Sep-Dec 1855 (p. vii: 10 Aug 1855), p. \[i\]-xx, 2 maps, frontisp., \[1\]-507. *Copy*: NY.