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William Townsend Aiton (02 Feb) 1766 - 1849 (09 Oct)

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William Townsend Aiton, son of William Aiton, was an English botanist and the director of the Kew Botanical Gardens. He was also a founder of the Royal Horticultural Society. Aiton released the expanded second edition of Hortus Kewensis, a catalogue of the plants kept at Kew.

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