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Stirton made many visits to the
Scottish mountains to investigate lichens and mosses and there discovered numerous species that were previously undescribed. Correspondents from Canada, South America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and elsewhere sent him cryptogamic collections for study. He
58:, where for many years he had charge of the gynaecological wards. In 1889 he became a professor of midwifery at Anderson's College Medical School and held the professorship for about fifteen years.
54:
Edin. Soon after acquiring his M.D. he moved to
Glasgow and established an extensive practice in obstetrics and gynaecology. In 1876 Stirton was appointed a lecturer in gynaecology at the
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Stirton, J. (1874). "XIII. Enumeration of the
Lichens collected by H. N. Moseley, M. A., Naturalist to H.M.S. ' Challenger,' in the Islands of the Atlantic Ocean".
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In 1860 he married Jessie McLaren. They had two daughters. The botanist and taxonomist
Charles Howard Stirton (b. 1949) is related to James Stirton.
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in
December 1875 and was a Corresponding Member of several European scientific societies. His cryptogamic herbarium is mostly in the
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Rogers, Roderick W. (1982). "Typification of the species of lichens described from
Australian specimens by James Stirton".
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77:). Stirton served as President of the Glasgow Society of Field Naturalists and contributed numerous articles to the
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The Annals of
Scottish Natural History: A Quarterly Magazine with which is Incorporated "The Scottish Naturalist"
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The London
Medical Record: A Review of the Progress of Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and the Allied Sciences
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described over 100 new lichen species from
Australia, including 8 new lichen species from Tasmania.
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botany. His investigations in bryology and lichenology earned him a world-wide reputation.
19:(1833 – 14 January 1917) was a Scottish physician and one of Scotland's leading experts on
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Harvie-Brown, John
Alexander; Trail, James William Helenus; Clarke, William Eagle (1902).
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672:"On vegetable parasites on the tea plant, more especially that of Assam"
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The Climate of Egypt and Nubia, with Medical Hints to Invalids, &c.
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Stirton, J. (1875). "Additions to the Lichen-flora of New Zealand".
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Report and Transactions of the Glasgow Society of Field Naturalists
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Report and Transactions of the Glasgow Society of Field Naturalists
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Report and Transactions of the Glasgow Society of Field Naturalists
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in Edinburgh. At the University of Edinburgh he graduated in 1857
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Stirton, James (1917). "Additional Mosses From West Ross-Shire".
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upon his death in 1896. It was published the following year in
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Bryohistory/Bygone Bryologists, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria
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Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria
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Stirton, James (1917). "Mosses from the Western Highlands".
656:"Notes on the genus Usnea, with descriptions of new species"
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Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
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Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
676:
Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow
640:"On the genus Usnea, and another (Eumitria) allied to it"
561:
Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow
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Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow
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Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow
496:
Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow
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Plants Database, United States Department of Agriculture
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Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
508:"On new genera and species of lichens from New Zealand"
353:"II.On New and Rare Mosses from Ben Lawers, Perthshire"
328:"II. New and Rare Mosses from Ben Lawers, Perthshire"
1070:
Notes on the Fauna and Flora of the West of Scotland
492:"Description of recently discovered foreign lichens"
71:
Notes on the Fauna and Flora of the west of Scotland
69:(an account of mosses and lichens) to the 1876 book
42:
Stirton taught mathematics from 1856 to 1858 at the
987:"Anderson College, The University of Glasgow Story"
826:is used to indicate this person as the author when
557:"New and rare lichens from India and the Himalayas"
541:"Lichens growing on living leaves from the Amazons"
787:Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
766:Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
382:Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
378:"III.Additions to the Lichen Flora of New Zealand"
357:Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
332:Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
440:Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany
419:Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany
736:"On new lichens from Australia and New Zealand"
476:"Additions to the lichen flora of South Africa"
115:In 1859 he visited Egypt and in 1872 published
624:"Additions to the lichen flora of Queensland"
8:
1033:"A brief history of lichenology in Tasmania"
720:"On new Australian and New Zealand lichens"
523:"On certain lichens belonging to the genus
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1225:Fellows of the Linnean Society of London
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135:The Annals of Scottish Natural History.
1205:Academics of the University of Glasgow
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903:
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1220:19th-century Scottish medical doctors
914:"In memoriam: James Stirton, MD, FLS"
7:
845:Category:Taxa named by James Stirton
219:Cryptothecia stirtonii A.L.Sm., 1926
100:Stirton was elected a Fellow of the
757:Annals of Scottish Natural History
704:"A curious Lichen from Ben Lawers"
535:: 200–203, 252–254, 298–299. 1878.
452:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1875.tb00343.x
431:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1874.tb00328.x
108:with most of the remainder in the
95:Annals of Scottish Natural History
14:
129:, wrote an obituary for botanist
1215:20th-century Scottish botanists
1210:19th-century Scottish botanists
1170:International Plant Names Index
1067:Alston, Edward R., ed. (1876).
1136:. D. Douglas. 1897. p. 1.
1112:The Climate of Egypt and Nubia
753:"New and rare Scottish mosses"
460:"Lichens, British and foreign"
106:Natural History Museum, London
1:
1152:Schimp. Stirton's bryum moss"
1073:. Glasgow: Blackie & Son.
864:"Obituary. Dr. James Stirton"
1088:"Stirton, James (1833-1917)"
65:He contributed the section
1251:
1230:Scottish plant collectors
991:The University of Glasgow
945:"Obituary: James Stirton"
799:10.1080/03746601709469329
778:10.1080/03746601709469278
394:10.1080/03746607309468030
369:10.1080/03746607309467932
344:10.1080/03746607009468741
302:Schimp., 1871 synonym of
276:Zahlbr., 1929 synonym of
260:Zahlbr., 1923 synonym of
226:Schimp., 1876 synonym of
102:Linnean Society of London
97:, and other periodicals.
1110:by A. Dunbar Walker and
1108:Egypt as a Health Report
880:10.1136/bmj.1.2929.247-a
608:"A new genus of lichens"
44:Merchiston Castle School
868:British Medical Journal
708:The Scottish Naturalist
692:The Scottish Naturalist
660:The Scottish Naturalist
644:The Scottish Naturalist
578:Glasgow Medical Journal
529:The Scottish Naturalist
249:Melanotheca stirtoniana
56:Glasgow Royal Infirmary
1031:Kantvilas, G. (1983).
949:Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond.
574:"Gynaecological Notes"
338:(1–4): 426–432. 1870.
1053:10.26749/rstpp.117.41
402:"New British lichens"
321:Selected publications
912:Boyd, D. A. (1917).
688:"New British mosses"
572:Stirton, J. (1881).
376:Stirton, J. (1873).
351:Stirton, J. (1873).
279:Menegazzia stirtonii
263:Patellaria stirtonii
125:Stirton, along with
31:Stirton was born in
1092:JSTOR Global Plants
874:(2929): 247. 1917.
817:author abbreviation
258:Opegrapha stirtonii
240:Lecidea stirtoniana
91:Scottish Naturalist
918:Glasgow Naturalist
274:Parmelia stirtonii
208:, 1876 synonym of
83:Glasgow Naturalist
1114:by James Stirton"
300:Zygodon stirtonii
294:Usnea stirtoniana
224:Grimmia stirtonii
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67:Cryptogamic Flora
50:Edin and in 1858
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567:: 306–322. 1879.
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518:: 285–306. 1877.
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967:Lawler, Mark.
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1175: Stirt
1106:"Review of
131:Thomas King
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39:, in 1833.
21:cryptogamic
1189:Categories
924:: 142–144.
851:References
759:: 103–112.
282:(Zahlbr.)
266:(Zahlbr.)
37:Perthshire
1046:: 41–51.
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406:Grevillea
284:Kantvilas
252:Müll.Arg.
181:Hafellner
155:Stirtonia
87:Grevillea
27:Biography
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525:Parmelia
288:Louwhoff
48:L.R.C.P.
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305:Zygodon
243:Zahlbr.
229:Grimmia
206:Schimp.
197:Species
192:family)
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160:A.L.Sm.
140:Eponyms
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