James Donn
James Donn | |
|---|---|
| وُلِدَ | 1758 |
| توفي | 1813 (aged about 55) |
| عـُرِف بـ | Hortus Cantabrigiensis |
| الأقارب | William Sterndale Bennett, grandson |
| الجوائز | Fellow of the Linnean Society |
| السيرة العلمية | |
| المجالات | Botany and horticulture |
| الهيئات | Cambridge University Botanic Garden |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Donn |
James Donn (1758–1813) was an English botanist and gardener.[1] He was trained by William Aiton, a protege of Sir Joseph Banks and was Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Cambridge, from 1790 until his death.[2][3] His most important work was Hortus Cantabrigiensis, first published in 1796 but with several later, much expanded, editions. It carried on past his death until 1845.[4]
A copy was given to the Library of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University in 1895.[5]
He became a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1812.[1]
A memorial to James Donn, exists on St Edward the Martyr's church in Cambridge.[6]
A grandson was the English composer William Sterndale Bennett.[2][7]
References
- ^ أ ب Walters, S. Max (2004). "James Donn". قاموس أكسفورد للسيَر الوطنية (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7816. Retrieved 9 يونيو 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership مطلوبة.)
- ^ أ ب "James Donn". Botanical Collection Managers Group. Retrieved 9 يونيو 2015.
- ^ Walters, Stuart Max (1981). The shaping of Cambridge botany : a short history of whole-plant botany in Cambridge from the time of Ray into the present century ; publ. on the occasion of the sesquicentenary of Henslow's New Botanic Garden, 1831–1981. Cambridge u.a.: Univ. Pr. p. 45. ISBN 0521237955. Retrieved 9 يونيو 2015.
- ^ Walker, Colin C. (1996). "James Donn and the succulents of 'Hortus Cantabrigiensis'". Bradleya. open.ac.uk. 14: 20–28. doi:10.25223/brad.n14.1996.a5. Retrieved 2 يناير 2015.
- ^ James DonnHortus cantabrigiensis: or a catalogue of plants, indigenous and exotic plants في كتب گوگل
- ^ Webster, Simon (31 ديسمبر 2011). "Remember James Donn". flickr.com. Retrieved 2 يناير 2015.
- ^ Sterndale Bennett, JR "The Life of Sterndale Bennett" pp5&46. Cambridge University Press 1907
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