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
author
botanist
economic botanist
areaOfActivity India NERFINISHED
Scottland
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
educatedAt University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow NERFINISHED
employer British Raj administration in India NERFINISHED
Indian government (colonial period) NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Scottish
fieldOfWork botany
economic botany
genre economic botany literature
reference work
hasPartInWork The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, Volume I NERFINISHED
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
later studies in Indian economic botany
knownFor The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India NERFINISHED
systematic description of Indian raw materials and plant products
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainInterest economic products
medicinal plants
useful plants
name George Watt NERFINISHED
notableAchievement compiled a comprehensive survey of the economic products of India
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
botanist
economic botanist
university professor
positionHeld Curator of the Calcutta Royal Botanic Garden (acting/associated roles)
Professor of Botany at Presidency College, Calcutta
Reporter on Economic Products to the Government of India
workFocusesOn agricultural crops of India
fibres, gums, resins, and other commercial plant products of India
forest products of India
medicinal and dye plants of India

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