CodeGB/110/1/162
Dates1730-1801
Person NamePulteney; Richard (1730-1801); botanist and physician
SurnamePulteney
ForenamesRichard
Epithetbotanist and physician
ActivityMD Edinburgh 1764. FRS 1762. FLS 1790. Dissenter. Published botanical articles in the "Gentleman's Magazine" and "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society". Physician in Leicester, then Blandford, 1765-1801. Interest in conchology. Promoted methods and nomenclature of Linnaeus in Britain.

'Pultenaea' named after him. Papers and collections at Linnean Society.
RelationshipsCorresponded with William Withering (GB/110/1/111) and Thomas Martyn (GB/110/1/147).
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