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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]
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 ...
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.
The path commemorates the life of the 17th Century natural philosopher and botanist John Ray (1627–1705) who was born, and is buried, in Black Notley. [1] The path is a collaborative partnership between Essex County Council’s ‘Ways through Essex’ project, Braintree District Council, local parish councils, the Ramblers Association and the John Ray Trust.
Historia Plantarum was published in three volumes: vol 1 in 1686, vol 2 in 1688, vol 3 in 1704. The third volume lacked plates, so Ray's assistant, the apothecary James Petiver, published Petiver's Catalogue, effectively a supplement containing the plates, in parts in 1715–1764.
John Monteath Robertson (1900–1989), Scottish chemist and crystallographer; John Murray Robertson (1844–1901), Scottish architect; John Parish Robertson (1792–1843), Scottish merchant and author; John Rae Robertson (1893–1956), Rae Robertson, of the classical musical duo Bartlett and Robertson
William Sherard (27 February 1659 – 11 August 1728) was an English botanist. Next to John Ray , he was considered to be one of the outstanding English botanists of his day. Life
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 ...