Alexander Dickson (botanist)

Alexander Dickson
Born(1836-02-21)21 February 1836
Died30 December 1887(1887-12-30) (aged 51)
Hartree, Peeblesshire
NationalityScottish
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
OccupationBotanist

Alexander Dickson FRSE LLD (21 February 1836 – 30 December 1887) was a Scottish morphological botanist and botanical artist.

His family had previously had members in the legal and medical professions; one of the earliest of whom any special records exist having been John Dickson of Kilbucho and Hartree, a lawyer, who in 1649 was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, taking the title of Lord Hartree.