Letter 2116

Jacob Bobart to Hans Sloane – October 4, 1716


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Date: October 4, 1716
Author: Jacob Bobart
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4044
Folio: f. 227



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Bobart received some papers from Mr Sutherland. The bearer, Dr Wynter, would be very pleased if Sloane offered him a place to stay while he is in London. Jacob Bobart (1641-1719) was a botanist and son of Jacob Bobart, the elder (c.1599-1680). He worked with his father at the Oxford Physic Garden for nearly 40 years (D. E. Allen, ‘Bobart, Jacob, the younger (1641–1719)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2742, accessed 5 June 2015]).




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