Scottish naturalist, traveller and writer (1790-1823).
George Finlayson (1790–1823) was a Scottish naturalist and traveller. He was called one of the best naturalists of his day, and he was noted for his pioneering studies of the plants, animals, and people of southern Thailand and the Malay peninsula. Finlayson was born in Thurso in 1790. He was clerk to Dr Somerville, chief of the army medical staff in Scotland, and afterwards to Dr Farrel, chief of the army medical staff in Ceylon. He then transferred to Bengal, and he attached to the 8th Light Dragoons as assistant surgeon in 1819. In 1821 and 1822, he accompanied the Crawfurd trade mission to
Abbreviations: Finl.
Occupations: scientific collector, botanist, naturalist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Scotland
Languages: English
Dates: 1790-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1823-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Thurso
Direct attributions: 1 plant, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 1 plant, 0 fungi