James Petiver
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title:
James Petiver
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James Petiver was a London apothecary, a fellow of the Royal Society as well as London's informal Temple Coffee House Botany Club, famous for his specimen collections in which he traded and study of botany and entomology. He corresponded with John Ray and Maria Sibylla Merian. Some of his notes and specimens were used by Carolus Linnaeus in descriptions of new species. The genus Petiveria was named in his honour by Charles Plumier. His collections were bought by Sir Hans Sloane and became a part
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British biologist and pharmacist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Petiver
date created:
2005-09-23T12:28:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T16:50:51Z
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