Thomas Martyn (botanist)
Thomas Martyn (born September 23, 1735 in Chelsea , London , † June 3, 1825 ) was a British botanist and professor of botany at Cambridge University . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Martyn ".
Life
He was the son of the botanist John Martyn , studied at Cambridge with a bachelor's degree in 1756, where he became a fellow of Sidney Sussey College (and from 1760 to 1774 his college's tutor). In 1759 he received a Master of Arts degree and was ordained an Anglican priest. In 1766 he received the theological degree Bachelor of Divinity (BD). From 1762 until his death he was Professor of Botany at Cambridge, succeeding his father. He also managed the botanical garden at the university, but taught botany only until 1796. Since he had to give up Fellow status in Cambridge after his marriage, he received various posts in the Anglican Church. First in Triplow near Cambridge, where he continued to accept students, then as headmaster of Ludgers in Buckinghamshire. From 1778 to 1780 he accompanied one of his students on his cavalier tour of Europe (Geneva, Naples, Brussels, Venice, Cologne, etc.), where he also acquired a mineral collection that he used for future lectures. In 1793 his professorship at Cambridge was converted to a royal professorship, which earned him a regular pension. From 1784 he lived in London (where he acquired the Charlotte Street Chapel in Pimlico) and from 1798 in Pertenhall, where he received the rectorate from his son in 1804.
He was one of the earliest supporters of Carl von Linné's system of order in England. His best-known work in England was the translation of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's letters on botany .
In 1786 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society and he was a Fellow of the Linnean Society.
He should not be confused with the zoologist of the same name, Thomas Martyn .
Fonts
- Plantae Cantabrigiensis, London 1763
- Catalogus Horti Botanici Cantabrigiensis 1771
- Flora Rustica, 4 volumes, 1792 to 1794
- The English Connoisseur 1766
- The Gentleman's Guide in his Tour through Italy 1787
- The Language of Botany 1793
- The Gardeners 'and Botanists' Dictionary 1807 (he worked on it since 1785, based on the book by Philip Miller, but completely reworked according to the Linnaeus system)
Web links
- Portrait at the digital portrait archive (PDF; 236 kB)
- Literature by and about Thomas Martyn (botanist) in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martyn, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1735 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chelsea , London |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 3, 1825 |