Peter Hotton to Hans Sloane – July 1702
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Date: July 1702 Author: Peter Hotton Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039 Folio: ff. 6-8
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Latin
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British Library, London
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Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, Scholarship, Scientific
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Books, Botany, Classification, Publishing
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July 1702
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Origin (as written)
Leiden
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James Sherard
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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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