William Curtis
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English: William Curtis, 1746 - 1799) was an English botanist who was born at Alton, Hampshire. Curtis was demonstrator of plants and Praefectus Horti at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1771 to 1777. He published The Botanical Magazine and Flora Londinensis (pioneering work in that it devoted itself to urban nature) ...
(adapted from the english wikipedia.)
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Portrait from the Botanical Magazine
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- The Botanical Magazine, renamed Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. (1787 - present)
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Plate No. 1 Iris persica (Sowerby)
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'Sanguinaria canadensis. Canada Puccoon, or Bloodwort. Vol. 5
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- Flora Londinensis 6 volumes, 1777-1798)
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- Instructions for collecting and preserving insects (1771)
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Title page from Instructions for collecting and preservinginsects. (1771)
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Page depicting materials used in the occupation.
