Posts Tagged ‘Early Modern Botany’
Sowing the Seeds of Scientific Language: John Ray’s Linguistic Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. November 29, 1627 On this day, a seed of scientific inquiry was planted in the fertile soil of England – John Ray, destined to become a pioneering naturalist and writer, drew his first…
Read MoreLeonard Plukenet: Royal Botanist to Queen Mary I| and Pioneer of Botanical Illustration
The Queen’s Botanist Today is the anniversary of the death of Leonard Plukenet, who had served as the botanist to Queen Mary II. When he died (like almost every plant-lover of his era), he left his collections and herbarium to Sir Hans Sloane, which is how his collections have become one of the oldest still…
Read MoreGeorge Clifford Ill: The Dutch Banker Who Shaped Linnaeus’s Botanical Masterpiece
The Queen’s Botanist Today is the anniversary of the death of Leonard Plukenet, who had served as the botanist to Queen Mary II. When he died (like almost every plant-lover of his era), he left his collections and herbarium to Sir Hans Sloane, which is how his collections have become one of the oldest still…
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