William Sherard (1659-1728) was a botanist and cataloguer. He worked for the Turkish Company at Smyrna where he collected botanical specimens and antiques.
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D. E. Allen, ‘Sherard, William (1659-1728)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004, online edn, Jan 2008, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25355 [accessed 24 June 2011]).
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