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William Hudson (botanist)

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429: 121:". Hudson, at the time of its publication, was practising as an apothecary in Panton Street, Haymarket, and from 1765 to 1771 acted as 'praefectus horti' to the Apothecaries' Company at the Chelsea Physic Garden. He communicated with Linnaeus and sent plants to him. 132:. However, in 1783 his house in Panton Street caught fire, his collections of insects and many of his plants were destroyed, and the people narrowly escaped with their lives. Hudson retired to Jermyn Street. 439: 117:
and J. E. Smith, "marks the establishment of Linnean principles of botany in England." Smith writes that the work was "composed under the auspices and advice of
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Hudson was subsequently apprenticed to an apothecary in London. He obtained the prize for botany given by the Apothecaries' Company which was a copy of
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He bequeathed the remains of his herbarium to the Apothecaries' Company and some have subsequently been transferred to the herbaria at the
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Flora Britanica: sive, Synopsis methodica stirpium Britanicarum […] primum ad celeberrimi Caroli Linnæi methodum disposita
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Hudson was born between 1730 and 1732 at the White Lion Inn, Kendal, which was kept by his father. He was educated at
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In 1761 Hudson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in the following year the first edition of his
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to the plants described by Ray far more accurately than did
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from paralysis on 23 May 1793, being, according to the
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Almost all of this article is copied from this source.
45:, published in 1762. He was elected a fellow of the 208:is used to indicate this person as the author when 358:Natural Awakenings: Early naturalists in Lakeland 517: 227:Category:Taxa named by William Hudson (botanist) 252:. Penryn: F Chegwidden. pp. xxxiii–xxxiv. 149:, in his sixtieth year. Hudson was buried in 380: 349: 448:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 330:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 16:British botanist and apothecary (1730–1793) 164:and the Natural History Museum in London. 355: 487:Memoirs of the Botanic Garden at Chelsea 294:. T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies. p.  135:In 1791 he joined the newly established 287: 124:A considerably enlarged edition of the 518: 390:. Vol. 2. London: Henry G. Bohn. 244: 82:he is mentioned as the discoverer of 321:"Hudson, William (1730?-1793)"  29:– 23 May 1793) was a British 13: 506:Sketches of the Progress of Botany 452: 128:appeared in 1778 and he planned a 14: 557: 512:Bromley's Catalogue of Portraits. 387:A General Biographical Dictionary 180: 445:Dictionary of National Biography 427: 327:Dictionary of National Biography 268:www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de 52: 402:International Plant Names Index 546:18th-century British botanists 394: 374: 335: 312: 281: 256: 238: 113:appeared, which, according to 1: 417: 173:to a North American genus of 536:Fellows of the Royal Society 440:Hudson, William (1730?-1793) 7: 291:Elements of Natural History 220: 10: 562: 484:and Robert Hunter Semple, 461:article by Sir J. E. Smith 307:hudson trochus terrestris. 356:Hodkinson, Ian D (2019). 288:Stewart, Charles (1802). 92:enabled him to adapt the 232: 167:Linnaeus gave the name 464:Cornelius Nicholson's 119:Benjamin Stillingfleet 162:Royal Botanic Gardens 59:Kendal grammar school 475:Gentleman's Magazine 146:Gentleman's Magazine 94:Linnean nomenclature 41:. His main work was 199:author abbreviation 541:People from Kendal 497:Flora of Middlesex 494:Trimen and Dyer's 489:(1878), p. 88 85:Trochus terrestris 459:Rees' Cyclopaedia 250:Flora of Cornwall 246:Davey, F Hamilton 151:St James's Church 553: 467:Annals of Kendal 449: 431: 430: 412: 411: 398: 392: 391: 378: 372: 371: 353: 347: 339: 333: 331: 323: 316: 310: 309: 304: 302: 285: 279: 278: 276: 274: 260: 254: 253: 242: 217: 207: 206: 205: 130:Fauna Britannica 103:Flora Britannica 90:Sloane herbarium 561: 560: 556: 555: 554: 552: 551: 550: 516: 515: 455: 453:Further reading 437: 428: 420: 415: 399: 395: 379: 375: 368: 354: 350: 340: 336: 318: 317: 313: 300: 298: 286: 282: 272: 270: 262: 261: 257: 243: 239: 235: 223: 218: 203: 202: 201: 196: 183: 137:Linnean Society 79:British Zoology 55: 17: 12: 11: 5: 559: 549: 548: 543: 538: 533: 528: 514: 513: 510: 501: 492: 479: 471: 462: 454: 451: 425: 424: 419: 416: 414: 413: 393: 373: 366: 348: 334: 311: 280: 255: 236: 234: 231: 230: 229: 222: 219: 214:botanical name 195: 194: 193: 192:–1798 printing 182: 181:Selected works 179: 54: 51: 20:William Hudson 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 558: 547: 544: 542: 539: 537: 534: 532: 529: 527: 524: 523: 521: 511: 508: 507: 502: 500:, p. 392 499: 498: 493: 490: 488: 483: 480: 477: 476: 472: 470:, p. 345 469: 468: 463: 460: 457: 456: 450: 447: 446: 441: 435: 434:public domain 422: 421: 409: 408: 403: 397: 389: 388: 383: 377: 369: 367:9781873124833 363: 359: 352: 345: 344: 338: 329: 328: 322: 315: 308: 297: 293: 292: 284: 269: 265: 259: 251: 247: 241: 237: 228: 225: 224: 215: 211: 200: 197:The standard 191: 189: 188:Flora Anglica 185: 184: 178: 176: 172: 171: 165: 163: 158: 156: 152: 148: 147: 142: 141:Jermyn Street 139:. He died in 138: 133: 131: 127: 122: 120: 116: 112: 111:Flora Anglica 107: 105: 104: 99: 95: 91: 87: 86: 81: 80: 75: 71: 67: 62: 60: 53:Life and work 50: 48: 47:Royal Society 44: 43:Flora Anglica 40: 36: 32: 28: 24: 21: 505: 496: 486: 478:1793, i. 485 473: 466: 458: 443: 426: 406: 396: 386: 382:Gorton, John 376: 357: 351: 342: 337: 325: 314: 306: 299:. Retrieved 290: 283: 271:. Retrieved 267: 258: 249: 240: 187: 168: 166: 159: 144: 134: 129: 125: 123: 110: 108: 101: 83: 77: 69: 63: 56: 42: 19: 18: 531:1793 deaths 526:1730 births 503:Pulteney's 482:Henry Field 423:Attribution 155:Westminster 520:Categories 418:References 407: Huds 157:, London. 35:apothecary 509:, ii. 351 175:Cistaceae 106:of 1760. 98:John Hill 49:in 1761. 37:based in 25:(1730 in 384:(1851). 248:(1909). 221:See also 170:Hudsonia 115:Pulteney 70:Synopsis 31:botanist 436::  301:18 June 273:12 July 100:in his 74:Pennant 364:  210:citing 190:(1762) 39:London 27:Kendal 233:Notes 204:Huds. 126:Flora 362:ISBN 303:2016 275:2018 33:and 442:". 296:394 153:in 76:'s 68:'s 66:Ray 23:FRS 522:: 404:. 324:. 305:. 266:. 212:a 177:. 61:, 491:. 438:" 410:. 370:. 346:. 277:. 216:.

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FRS
Kendal
botanist
apothecary
London
Royal Society
Kendal grammar school
Ray
Pennant
British Zoology
Trochus terrestris
Sloane herbarium
Linnean nomenclature
John Hill
Flora Britannica
Pulteney
Benjamin Stillingfleet
Linnean Society
Jermyn Street
Gentleman's Magazine
St James's Church
Westminster
Royal Botanic Gardens
Hudsonia
Cistaceae
Flora Anglica (1762)
author abbreviation
citing
botanical name
Category:Taxa named by William Hudson (botanist)

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