Martyn, Thomas, 1735-1825 (botanist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1735 - 1825
Biography
Thomas Martyn (1735-1825), Professor of Botany, 1762-1825, published Planta Cantabrigienses, 1763, introduced the Linnaean system. Richard Pulteney (1730-1801), Botanist.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Original letters of the Revd Dr Elliston, Master of Sidney Coll. and of the Revd Thomas Martyn, Rector of Pertenhall in the county of Bedford, and professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10259
Dates:
1791 - 1825
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Fonds
Thomas Martyn: Bibliography of botany
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9689
Scope and Contents
Covers primarily works between 1400 and 1764, although also includes brief entries on particularly notable historic works. Contains index by author, but only from A to K.
Dates:
1772
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series — Box: MS Add.9563: Box 1
Thomas Martyn: Letter to Richard Pulteney, April 1781
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9563/80
Scope and Contents
1 letter, 6 APR 1781, describing Martyn's continental tour of 1778-80, new books he had read, journeys in England
Dates:
April 1781
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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