The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Henry Barham (1670? - 1726)

Botanist, traveling to Spain, Madras, and Jamaica. Elected fellow of the Royal Society in November 1717. Around 1716, he settled in Chelsea where he focused on cultivating silkworms and the manufacturing silk, publishing his Observations on the Produce of the Silkworm and of Silk in England in 1719. He is listed as a benefactor of Salter's museum. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Barham Other biography: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/1374 Botanist
 Relevant locations: Lived at or near Chelsea, London
 Relationships: Henry Barham was a member of Royal Society (-)
Henry Barham was a donor to James Salter (-c. 1728)
Henry Barham was a friend of Hans Sloane (1660-1753)

 Linked print sources: as - A Catalogue of the Rarities [1737] ... at Don Saltero’s Coffee House in Chelsea.
 References in Documents:
A Catalogue of the Rarities To be seen at Don Saltero's Coffee-House [1775] B Duke of Buccleugh. Sir John Balchen. Capt Barbet. Mr Barham. Mr Barodell. Charles Bertie Esq; Mr Bedell. Mr Bennet. Miss Ann Bookey. Mr Barber. Mr Bird.