John Evelyn (b. 1620, d. 1706) was a diarist and writer who demonstrated a remarkable knowledge of horticulture. He was one of the founding members of the Royal Society.
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Douglas D. C. Chambers, ‘Evelyn, John (1620-1706)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8996, accessed 9 July 2013]).
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