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John Gerard, detail of an engraving, 1636
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Born 1545 • Nantwich • England
Died February 1612 (aged 67) • London • England
Notable Works “The Herball, or generall historie of plantes”

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John Gerard, detail of an engraving, 1636
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William Turner
English botanist
botanical illustration
Pedanius Dioscorides
Greek physician
Rembert Dodoens
Flemish physician and botanist
Otto Brunfels
German botanist
Henry Nicholas Ridley
British botanist
Cherry tree (Prunus avium), woodcut by David Kandel from De stirpium historia (1552), Latin translation of New Kreuterbuch by Hieronymus Bock
Hieronymus Bock
German scientist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
John Ray, detail of an oil painting; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Ray
English naturalist
William Withering
William Withering
English physician
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
British botanist
Hooker, Sir William Jackson
Sir William Jackson Hooker
British botanist
George Bentham, oil painting by Lewis Dickensen, 1870; in the collection of the Linnean Society of London
George Bentham
British botanist
Atkins, Anna: Ferns
Anna Atkins
English photographer and botanist
Stephen Hales
Stephen Hales
English scientist
Frederick Orpen Bower, detail of an oil painting by Sir William Orpen; in the University of Glasgow Art Collections
Frederick Orpen Bower
English botanist
Nehemiah Grew
Nehemiah Grew
English botanist
Thomas Nuttall, engraving by Thomson, 1825, after a drawing by W. Derby
Thomas Nuttall
British naturalist
John Hill, engraving
John Hill
British author and botanist
Thomas Andrew Knight
British horticulturalist
Agnes Arber
British botanist

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