Charles Alston (botanist)

[1] In 1715 he went to Leyden to study under the Dutch physician Hermann Boerhaave.

On his return to Scotland he became lecturer in materia medica[2] and botany at Edinburgh and also superintendent of the botanical gardens.

He was appointed Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1716, holding the position until 1760.

Issue- Robina born 21 Jun 1731 in Canongate who married in Edinburgh on 6 Jan 1754 to Alexander Birnie, of Bromhill, b 1708 d before 1770 On 3 October 1741 he married (secondly) in Canongate Kirk Bethia Birnie (b.

He is buried in Canongate Kirkyard on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, immediately east of the church.