The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Edward Morgan (c. 1619 - 1689)
Keeper of the botanical gardens at Westminster. In 1639, Morgan toured North and Central Wales with Paul Sone and Thomas Johnson (apothecary), in search of plants (Jeffers, 102). He is cited as a source in William Howe's Phytologia Britannica (1650). A major source of botanical specimens for the Ashmolean Museum, he "effectively founded the collection of plants with his donation in 1689 of some 2,000 specimens (almost all grown by himself) preserved in a three-volume hortus siccus" (MacGregor, 2). Relevant locations: Lived at or near Glamorgan, WalesWorkplace or place of business Westminster Physic Garden, Westminster
Relationships: Edward Morgan was a donor to Ashmolean Museum (1683-)
Edward Morgan was a associate or acquaintance (general) of William Howe (1620-1656)
Edward Morgan was a correspondent of Edward Lhwyd (1660-1709)
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Ashmolean Museum Oxford: Manuscript Catalogues of the Early Museum Collections, 1683-1886 (Part I).
as Mentions or references - Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including Plant Collectors, Flower Painters and Garden Designers.
as Subject of/in a document - Edward Morgan and the Westminster Physic Garden.
References in Documents:
MS Book of Benefactors (MacGregor, ed.)