The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Oxford (Settlement), Oxfordshire (County [UK]), England
View Larger MapDescription of institution: The University of Oxford Botanic Garden is an historic botanic garden in Oxford, England. It is the oldest botanic garden in Great Britain and one of the oldest scientific gardens in the world. The garden was founded in 1621, with a donation from Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby, as a physic garden growing plants for medicinal research. URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford_Botanic_Garden People associated with this location: Bobart, Jacob (2 Aug 1641-1719) - Workplace or place of business
Bobart, Jacob, the Elder (1599-1680) - Workplace or place of business
Bobart, Tilleman (-fl. c. 1709) - Workplace or place of business
Danvers, Henry (28 Jun 1573-20 Jan 1643) - No Role
Print Sources linked to this location: Subject of discourse or work of art - British curiosities in nature and art exhibiting an account of natural and artificial rareties, both ancient and modern, ... And an appendix, concerning the posts, markets, and their fairs.
Subject of discourse or work of art - Seventeenth-century plant lists and herbarium collections: a case study from the Oxford Physic Garden.