William Curtis

William Curtis  (1746–1799)
	Alternative Namen	Curtis
	Beschreibung	englischer Botaniker, Lepidopterologe, Bryologe, Mykologe und Apotheker
	Geburts-/Todesdatum	11. Januar 1746	7. Juli 1799
	Geburts-/Todesort	Alton (Hampshire)	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
	Normdatei	: Q460867 VIAF: 67225632 ISNI: 0000000116633310 ULAN: 500010576 GND: 116766433 Open Library: OL2290248A LCCN: n83038978 SELIBR: 350645 SUDOC: 23781224X BNF: 12777336m NDL: 00465167 NLA: 35032812 SBN: UBOV430835 Botanist: Curtis CiNii: DA01831797 NLP: a0000002376777 RKD: 19445 J9U: 987007273955505171 Koninklijke: 073226491 Oxford Dict.: 6963 WorldCat

creator QS:P170,Q460867

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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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.