Alexander Carroll Maingay

Alexander Carroll Maingay (1836 - 1869) was a British physician, botanist and botanical collector.

Alexander Carroll Maingay
Born1836
Great Ayton, Yorkshire
Died1869
Rangoon, Myanmar
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Scientific career
ThesisMonograph on the British parmeliaceae (1858)

Education

Alexander Carroll Maingay was born in Great Ayton, Yorkshire and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1854-1858, obtaining a gold medal for his thesis entitled 'Monograph on the British parmeliaceae'.[1][2] During his medical studies he also assisted in re-arranging the large collection of Algae in the University Herbarium.[1]

Career

On leaving the University, he became a Surgeon in the British Indian Medical Service in Bengal in 1859, transferring to China in 1860 and then became magistrate of the prison in Malacca, now part of modern day Malaysia, from 1862 and in 1868 became the superintendent of Rangoon Central Prison in Myanmar (Burma).

While stationed in the Far East he collected plants in various localities including North China,[1] Malacca, Penang and Singapore.[3] After his death his botanical collections were acquired for Kew Gardens[4], including many plants then new to science. Maingay is commemorated in several plant names, such as Artocarpus maingayi King[5] and Maingaya malayana Oliv.[6]

The standard author abbreviation Maingay is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]

Death

It was while superintendent of Rangoon Central Prison that he was killed during a riot by inmates in November 1869.[4]

References
  1. Craig, William (1870–71). "I.On the Formation of a Museum of Vegetable Materia Medica". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 10 (1–4): 376–377. doi:10.1080/03746607009468720. ISSN 0374-6607.
  2. C., Maingay, Alexander (1858). "Monograph on the British parmeliaceae". hdl:1842/24118. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "MaingayAC". www.nationaalherbarium.nl. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  4. "Maingay, Alexander Carroll (1836-1869)". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "Artocarpus maingayi King | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  6. "HerbWeb - Details Page". specimens.kew.org. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  7. IPNI.  Maingay.
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