William Curtis

William Curtis  (1746–1799)
	Alternative names	Curtis; W. Curtis
	Description	English botanist, lepidopterist, bryologist, mycologist and pharmacist
	Date of birth/death	11 January 1746	7 July 1799
	Location of birth/death	Alton	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
	Authority file	: Q460867 VIAF: 67225632 ISNI: 0000000116633310 ULAN: 500010576 LCCN: n83038978 NLA: 35032812 Botanist: Curtis Open Library: OL2290248A Oxford Dict.: 6963 GND: 116766433 SELIBR: 350645 SUDOC: 23781224X BNF: 12777336m NDL: 00465167 SBN: UBOV430835 CiNii: DA01831797 NLP: a0000002376777 RKD: 19445 J9U: 987007273955505171 Koninklijke: 073226491 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.