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Flora, Ceres, and Pomona, secondary title-page by David Loggan, 1665. Rea wrote Flora, seu de Florum Cultura, or a complete Florilege, with a second title-page as Flora, Ceres, and Pomona, in III. Books, London, 1665. A second impression, appeared in 1676 and was reissued, with a new title-page, in 1702. [1]
This is a list of botanists who have Wikipedia articles, in alphabetical order by surname.The List of botanists by author abbreviation is mostly a list of plant taxonomists because an author receives a standard abbreviation only when that author originates a new plant name.
John Ray by Roubiliac, British Museum. John Ray FRS (29 November 1627 – 17 January 1705) was a Christian English naturalist widely regarded as one of the earliest of the English parson-naturalists. Until 1670, he wrote his name as John Wray. From then on, he used 'Ray', after "having ascertained that such had been the practice of his family ...
John Rae was born on 9 January 1813 at Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of George Rae, Messenger-at-Arms, and his wife Jean, née Edmond. His younger brother was George Rae, a British banker and Pre-Raphaelite Art Collector based in Liverpool. John Rae was educated at the Aberdeen Grammar School, Marischal College and University of Aberdeen. He ...
Rae was a prolific writer on education, his works including Letters to Parents, The Public School Revolution, and a professional autobiography, Delusions of Grandeur. His 1960 novel, The Custard Boys , shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rees Memorial Prize, was adapted to make the 1962 film Reach for Glory , which won a United Nations Award ...
This is an incomplete list of botanists by their author abbreviation, which is designed for citation with the botanical names or works that they have published. This list follows that established by Brummitt & Powell (1992). [1]
The Honeyman family later moved to the mainland, and the house was occupied by their agent, John Rae. The hall was the birthplace of Rae's son, the Arctic explorer John Rae, in 1813. Sir Walter Scott visited Rae's parents at the house in August 1814, while touring the north of Scotland. [1] Currently derelict, the house became a listed building ...
In May 2014, John mentioned an upcoming 10-episode Crash Course season on Big History, funded by a grant from one of Bill Gates's organizations. [16] The series outlined the history of existence, from the Big Bang forward into the evolution of life. Both Green brothers hosted the series, with Emily Graslie also participating as a guest host. [17]