William Curtis

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William Curtis  (1746–1799)  wikidata:Q460867 s:en:Author:William Curtis
 
William Curtis
Alternative names
Curtis; W. Curtis
Description English botanist, lepidopterist, bryologist, mycologist and pharmacist
Date of birth/death 11 January 1746 / 1746 Edit this at Wikidata 7 July 1799 / 1799 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Alton Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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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.)

Book Title
The Botanical Magazine, renamed Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. (1787 - present)
Book Title
Flora Londinensis 6 volumes, 1777-1798)
Book Title
Instructions for collecting and preserving insects (1771)