Letter 1401

Peter Hotton to Hans Sloane – July 1702


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Date: July 1702
Author: Peter Hotton
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 6-8



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Hotton writes about the editing and publishing of a botanical book. Hotton, Sloane, and the Royal Society are involved. Hotton is interested in how new plants are named and classified. Peter Hotton (1648-1709), also known as Petrus Houttuyn, was Professor of Botany and Medicine at Leiden University. He supervised the university’s botanic gardens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Houttuyn).




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