John Martyn

Botanist, Deceased Person

1699 – 1768

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Who was John Martyn?

John Martyn or Joannis Martyn was an English botanist. He is best known for his Historia Plantarum Rariorum, and his translation, with valuable agricultural and botanical notes, of the Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil.

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Born
Sep 12, 1699
London
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Died
Jan 29, 1768
Chelsea

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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