William Turner (physician)

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William Turner (physician) was a 16th-century English naturalist, botanist, and physician often regarded as the "father of English botany" for his pioneering works on plants and their medicinal uses.

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instanceOf Protestant reformer
botanist
human
physician
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Master of Arts
centuryOfActivity 16th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth circa 1508
dateOfDeath 13 July 1568
educatedAt Pembroke Hall, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
fieldOfWork botany
herbalism
ornithology
theology
hasPart first part of A New Herball (published 1551)
second part of A New Herball (published 1562)
third part of A New Herball (published 1568)
knownFor being regarded as the father of English botany
linking plants with their medicinal uses
pioneering systematic study of British plants
languageOfWorkOrName English
Latin
movement English Reformation NERFINISHED
notableWork A New Herball NERFINISHED
Avium praecipuarum, quarum apud Plinium et Aristotelem mentio est, brevis et succincta historia
The Hunting of the Romish Fox NERFINISHED
The Rescuynge of the Romishe Fox NERFINISHED
occupation author
botanist
clergyman
naturalist
physician
placeOfBirth Morpeth NERFINISHED
Northumberland NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld Dean of Wells NERFINISHED
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
sexOrGender male
workLocation Basel NERFINISHED
Cologne NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London

Wells Cathedral NERFINISHED

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William Turner sharesNameWith William Turner (physician)
William Turner sharesNameWith William Turner (physician)
this entity surface form: William Turner (scholar)
William Turner sharesNameWith William Turner (physician)
this entity surface form: William Turner (surgeon)