Sir George Watt
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Sir George Watt was a Scottish botanist and economic botanist best known for his monumental multi-volume reference work "The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India."
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| instanceOf |
Scottish person
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author ⓘ botanist ⓘ economic botanist ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
India
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Scottland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Edinburgh
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University of Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
British Raj administration in India
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Indian government (colonial period) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
botany
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economic botany ⓘ |
| genre |
economic botany literature
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reference work ⓘ |
| hasPartInWork |
The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, Volume I
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The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, Volume II NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, Volume III NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, Volume IV NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, Volume V NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, Volume VI NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, Volume VII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced |
colonial and post-colonial agricultural research in South Asia
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later studies in Indian economic botany ⓘ |
| knownFor |
The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India
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systematic description of Indian raw materials and plant products ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
economic products
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medicinal plants ⓘ useful plants ⓘ |
| name | George Watt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
compiled a comprehensive survey of the economic products of India
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contributed to colonial economic and agricultural policy through botanical expertise ⓘ documented plants of commercial and medicinal importance in India ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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botanist ⓘ economic botanist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Curator of the Calcutta Royal Botanic Garden (acting/associated roles)
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Professor of Botany at Presidency College, Calcutta ⓘ Reporter on Economic Products to the Government of India ⓘ |
| workFocusesOn |
agricultural crops of India
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fibres, gums, resins, and other commercial plant products of India ⓘ forest products of India ⓘ medicinal and dye plants of India ⓘ |
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