Martyn, John, 1699-1768 (botanist, FRS)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1699 - 1768
Biography
Professor of Botany at Cambridge University, 1732-1768
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
John Martyn: Lists of botanists
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9685-9688
Scope and Contents
Short biographies of botanists; generally 1 per folio. Does not seem to be any particular ordering.
Dates:
c. 1760-1765
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
John Martyn: Raii methodus plantarum, Vol. II
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9684
Scope and Contents
'Tabulae generum plantarum quae in Raii methodo emendata et aucta'. Pencil drawings of plants, by genera. Each page has a heading for a genus, but many are then left blank. Supposition about provenance in front of book, written by 'W. A', alongside note from C. C. B. (possibly Charles Babington) that the first volume did not accompany this. Author thought to be John Martyn, Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge from 1732 to 1761.
Dates:
c. 1721
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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- Botany 1