The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
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 BotanistRelevant 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
quifera Lusitanica Park. fig. 1069. Araco similis planta ex
Hispania missa Bod. fig. 39. Lathyrus ἀμφίκαρπος seu supra
infráque terram siliquas gerens
fig. opt.Portugal Nov. 11. 1695 . Garden Uvedale Enfield .
Lusitanica. Arachus sub terra sili
quifera Lusitanica
Hispania missa
infráque terram siliquas gerens
H. O. 51. Tab. 25. Sect. 2.
fig. opt.
RayH. Pl. 919.
The
groundPea .
This
I saw both in Flower and Pod,
I saw both in Flower and Pod
amongst many other
very curious Plants in the
very curious Plants in the
of my Worthy and Honoured
Friend Dr.
Friend Dr
at
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * 240. Gramen Secalinâ spicâ annuum. Sept. 9. 97 . Uvedale Enfield .
I gathered
this in spike
this in spike
in the CuriousGarden
of my Reve
rend Friend Dr.
rend Friend Dr
at
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 642. Ficoides Africana folio crasso muricato. Uvedal Enfield , Caspar Commelin Amsterdam .
I observed
this strange Plant in the Garden of the Reverend and my much
obliged Friend Dr.
this strange Plant in the Garden of the Reverend and my much
obliged Friend Dr
at
amongst several others of
this species he had lately sent him from that industrious Pro
moter of Botany, Dr.
this species he had lately sent him from that industrious Pro
moter of Botany, Dr
at
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 658. Malva frutescens Prom. Bonæ Spei flore carneo fundo
purpureo.Uvedale Enfield .
purpureo.
This I observed in Flower with my aforesaid Reve
rend Friend Dr.
rend Friend Dr
at
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 746. Alcea
Uvedale 's Garden at Enfield.
Madraspat. Ranunc. Auricomi folio,
calyce
plumoso. I have seen this in
plumoso
Flower, in the Reverend Dr.
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.
the last in being a shrub and woody. I saw it this Summer
with my worthy friend Dr.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 799. Uvedalia spinosa.
ChrysanthemumAfricanum, frutescens spinosum
105. Fig.
Mus.
plantaAfricana baccifera, ramis in aculeum abeuntibus.
78
M
inUvedale at Enfield
I have presumed to distinguish this Tribe by his
Chrysanthemum
Flor. Norib.
105. Fig.
Jacobeaspinosa brevi Leucoii folio viridi
Bocc.
Mus.
Plant. 173. Tab. 131.
Fig. an?
Chrysanthemiflore,
planta
Par. Bat. app. This Plant being of a new Genus
viz. a
Bac-
useiP
etiveriani
Bacciferous Chrysanthemum, and the first time I ever saw it
in
Flowerbeing with the Reverend Dr.
I have presumed to distinguish this Tribe by his
Name.