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Robert Uvedale, Dr. (1642 - 1722)

Botanist, clergyman, educator. He received his LLD from Cambridge in 1682 and was ordained priest in 1692. He was well connected with prominent collectors of his time. Kusukawa suggests he is the "Dr. Udal" whom Courten names a source of fossils (23, n.116). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/28042 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Uvedale Botanist
Relevant locations: Educated at Westminster School, Westminster
Owned Robert Uvedale's garden, Enfield
Residence at Enfield, Greater London
Relationships: Robert Uvedale was a friend of James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)
Robert Uvedale was a member of Royal Society (-)

James Cuninghame (17th c.-1709) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Robert Uvedale
Leonard Plukenet (1642-1706) was a friend of Robert Uvedale
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Appendix I to 'William Courten's list of 'Things Bought' from the Late Seventeenth Century.
References in Documents:
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 35. Arachydna Lusitanica. Arachus sub terra siliquifera Lusitanica Park. fig. 1069. Araco similis planta ex Hispania missa Bod. fig. 39. Lathyrus ἀμφίκαρπος seu supra infráque terram siliquas gerens H. O. 51. Tab. 25. Sect. 2. fig. opt. Ray H. Pl. 919. The Portugal ground Pea. This I saw both in Flower and Pod, Nov. 11. 1695. amongst many other very curious Plants in the Garden of my Worthy and Honoured Friend Dr. Uvedale at Enfield.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * 240. Gramen Secalinâ spicâ annuum. I gathered this in spike Sept. 9. 97. in the Curious Garden of my Reverend Friend Dr. Uvedale at Enfield.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 642. Ficoides Africana folio crasso muricato. I observed this strange Plant in the Garden of the Reverend and my much obliged Friend Dr. Uvedal at Enfield, amongst several others of this species he had lately sent him from that industrious Promoter of Botany, Dr. Caspar Commelin at Amsterdam.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 658. Malva frutescens Prom. Bonæ Spei flore carneo fundo purpureo. This I observed in Flower with my aforesaid Reverend Friend Dr. Uvedale at Enfield.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 746. Alcea Madraspat. Ranunc. Auricomi folio, calyce plumoso. I have seen this in Flower, in the Reverend Dr. Uvedale's Garden at Enfield.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 751. Botrys odoratissima lignosa. This differs from the last in being a shrub and woody. I saw it this Summer with my worthy friend Dr. Uvedale at Enfield.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 799. Uvedalia spinosa. Chrysanthemum Africanum, frutescens spinosum Flor. Norib. 105. Fig. Jacobea spinosa brevi Leucoii folio viridi Bocc. Mus. Plant. 173. Tab. 131. Fig. an? Chrysanthemi flore, planta Africana baccifera, ramis in aculeum abeuntibus. Par. Bat. app. This Plant being of a new Genus viz. a Bac- 78 Musei Petiveriani Bacciferous Chrysanthemum, and the first time I ever saw it in Flower being with the Reverend Dr. Uvedale at Enfield I have presumed to distinguish this Tribe by his Name.