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Record
Code
GB/110/1/147
Dates
1735-1825
Person Name
Martyn; Thomas (1735-1825); botanist
Surname
Martyn
Forenames
Thomas
Epithet
botanist
Activity
MA Cambridge 1758. BD 1766. FRS 1786. FLS 1788. One of earliest exponents of Linnaean classification. Professor of Botany, Cambridge, 1762-1825, made Regius Professor 1793. Toured Europe with Edward Hartopp, 1778-1780.
Relationships
Son of John Martyn (1699-1768), professor of botany at the University of Cambridge.
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