William Turner (botanist)
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William Turner (botanist) was a 16th-century English naturalist, physician, and clergyman often regarded as the "father of English botany" for his pioneering works on British plants.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Turner (botanist) canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Reformation theologian
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botanist ⓘ human ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| birthYear | c. 1508 ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1568 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Pembroke Hall, Cambridge
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| fieldOfWork |
botany
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medicine ⓘ theology ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | father of English botany ⓘ |
| influenced | later English botanists ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being called the father of English botany
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early English works on ornithology ⓘ pioneering systematic study of British plants ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | English Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A New Herball
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Avium praecipuarum, quarum apud Plinium et Aristotelem mentio est, brevis et succincta historia NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hunting of the Romish Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
botanist
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clergyman ⓘ naturalist ⓘ physician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Morpeth
NERFINISHED
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Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| positionHeld | Dean of Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| studied |
British flora
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birds ⓘ medicinal plants ⓘ |
| wroteIn |
Latin scientific style
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vernacular English ⓘ |
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