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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
69:, 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.
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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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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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88:). 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.
30:(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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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".
667:"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
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Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow
651:"On the genus Usnea, and another (Eumitria) allied to it"
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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
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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
519:"On new genera and species of lichens from New Zealand"
364:"II.On New and Rare Mosses from Ben Lawers, Perthshire"
339:"II. New and Rare Mosses from Ben Lawers, Perthshire"
1081:
Notes on the Fauna and Flora of the West of Scotland
503:"Description of recently discovered foreign lichens"
82:
Notes on the Fauna and Flora of the west of Scotland
80:(an account of mosses and lichens) to the 1876 book
53:
Stirton taught mathematics from 1856 to 1858 at the
998:"Anderson College, The University of Glasgow Story"
837:is used to indicate this person as the author when
568:"New and rare lichens from India and the Himalayas"
552:"Lichens growing on living leaves from the Amazons"
798:Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
777:Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
393:Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
389:"III.Additions to the Lichen Flora of New Zealand"
368:Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
343:Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
451:Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany
430:Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany
747:"On new lichens from Australia and New Zealand"
487:"Additions to the lichen flora of South Africa"
126:In 1859 he visited Egypt and in 1872 published
635:"Additions to the lichen flora of Queensland"
8:
1044:"A brief history of lichenology in Tasmania"
731:"On new Australian and New Zealand lichens"
534:"On certain lichens belonging to the genus
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146:The Annals of Scottish Natural History.
1216:Academics of the University of Glasgow
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1231:19th-century Scottish medical doctors
925:"In memoriam: James Stirton, MD, FLS"
7:
856:Category:Taxa named by James Stirton
230:Cryptothecia stirtonii A.L.Sm., 1926
111:Stirton was elected a Fellow of the
768:Annals of Scottish Natural History
715:"A curious Lichen from Ben Lawers"
546:: 200–203, 252–254, 298–299. 1878.
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442:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1874.tb00328.x
119:with most of the remainder in the
106:Annals of Scottish Natural History
25:
140:, wrote an obituary for botanist
1226:20th-century Scottish botanists
1221:19th-century Scottish botanists
1181:International Plant Names Index
1078:Alston, Edward R., ed. (1876).
1147:. D. Douglas. 1897. p. 1.
1123:The Climate of Egypt and Nubia
764:"New and rare Scottish mosses"
471:"Lichens, British and foreign"
117:Natural History Museum, London
1:
1163:Schimp. Stirton's bryum moss"
1084:. Glasgow: Blackie & Son.
875:"Obituary. Dr. James Stirton"
1099:"Stirton, James (1833-1917)"
76:He contributed the section
1262:
1241:Scottish plant collectors
1002:The University of Glasgow
956:"Obituary: James Stirton"
810:10.1080/03746601709469329
789:10.1080/03746601709469278
405:10.1080/03746607309468030
380:10.1080/03746607309467932
355:10.1080/03746607009468741
313:Schimp., 1871 synonym of
287:Zahlbr., 1929 synonym of
271:Zahlbr., 1923 synonym of
237:Schimp., 1876 synonym of
113:Linnean Society of London
108:, and other periodicals.
1121:by A. Dunbar Walker and
1119:Egypt as a Health Report
891:10.1136/bmj.1.2929.247-a
619:"A new genus of lichens"
55:Merchiston Castle School
879:British Medical Journal
719:The Scottish Naturalist
703:The Scottish Naturalist
671:The Scottish Naturalist
655:The Scottish Naturalist
589:Glasgow Medical Journal
540:The Scottish Naturalist
260:Melanotheca stirtoniana
67:Glasgow Royal Infirmary
1042:Kantvilas, G. (1983).
960:Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond.
585:"Gynaecological Notes"
349:(1–4): 426–432. 1870.
1064:10.26749/rstpp.117.41
413:"New British lichens"
332:Selected publications
923:Boyd, D. A. (1917).
699:"New British mosses"
583:Stirton, J. (1881).
387:Stirton, J. (1873).
362:Stirton, J. (1873).
290:Menegazzia stirtonii
274:Patellaria stirtonii
136:Stirton, along with
42:Stirton was born in
1103:JSTOR Global Plants
885:(2929): 247. 1917.
828:author abbreviation
269:Opegrapha stirtonii
251:Lecidea stirtoniana
102:Scottish Naturalist
929:Glasgow Naturalist
285:Parmelia stirtonii
219:, 1876 synonym of
94:Glasgow Naturalist
1125:by James Stirton"
311:Zygodon stirtonii
305:Usnea stirtoniana
235:Grimmia stirtonii
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78:Cryptogamic Flora
61:Edin and in 1858
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183:Stirtoniella
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32:cryptogamic
1200:Categories
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862:References
770:: 103–112.
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277:(Zahlbr.)
48:Perthshire
1057:: 41–51.
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417:Grevillea
295:Kantvilas
263:Müll.Arg.
192:Hafellner
166:Stirtonia
98:Grevillea
38:Biography
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299:Louwhoff
59:L.R.C.P.
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316:Zygodon
254:Zahlbr.
240:Grimmia
217:Schimp.
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