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Nicholas, the Younger Staphorst ( - fl. 1701)

Botanist, collector, and son of Nicolaus Staphorst, who was director of the Chemical Laboratory of the Royal College of Physicians in London. The younger Staphorst travelled to South Africa, West India and West Africa in 1700-1701 where he attempted to collect plants for James Petiver; letters from Staphorst survive from the Cape of Good Hope and Surat (Zeven, 151-2). Specimens from Guinea supplied by Staphorst eventually entered the Sloane herbarium (ibid., 152). Botanist
 Relevant locations: Visited Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Visited Surat, Gujarat
Visited Guinea, Africa
 Relationships: Nicholas, the Younger Staphorst was a employed by James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)

Edward Coles (-fl. 1697) was a correspondent of Nicholas, the Younger Staphorst
Nicholaus, the Elder Staphorst (-fl. 1701) was a father of Nicholas, the Younger Staphorst
Linked print sources: as Subject of/in a document - Who Was Staphorst, Collector of Guinea Plants?.
 References in Documents:
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 7. Capricornulus ORIENTALIS viridis guttulis nigris. Given me by Mr. Nich. Staphurst, who found it on Ship-board in a Voyage from the East Indies.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) Asiatick Moths, Beetles, &c. 86 211 Its Catterpillar and Coffin 40. 12. 13. 212 Great Chusan Moth 18. 3. 213 Yellow brown-streakt Chusan Moth 16 7. 214 Smith's brown Bengale Moth 41. 10. 215 Smith's greenish Bengale Moth 41. xi. 216 Smith's Bengale Lanthorn Moth 40. 3. 217 White Luzon Moth bloody edged 45. 6. 218 Black golden eyed Luzon Moth 43. 15. 219 Brown and white Luzon Moth 23. 8. 220 Its Coffin and Caterpillar 37. 2. 3. 221 Tricolor marbled Luzon Moth 43. 3. 222 Its Caterpillar and Coffin 43. 4. 5. 223 Luzon Beauty Moth 26. 3. 224 Luzon oval feathered Catterpillar 39. 12. 225 Its Pea like Coffin 39 13. 226 Madrass Ring-Coffin 5. 9. 227 Luzon Gnat 40. 6. 228 Luzon 3 horned Fly 41. 5. 229 Chusan Thorney Cricket 39. 9. 230 Thorn Shouldered Luzon Bugg 40. 7. 231 Green Luzon Bugg 41. 6. 232 Many coloured Luzon Bug 41. 1. 233 Amber Bugg , with black Wings 8. xi. 234 Black Luzon Rhinoceros Beetle 44. 9. 235 Luzon Stag Beetle 47. 15. 236 Luzon Bull Beetle 29. 2. 237 Luzon Elephant Bull Beetle 49. 8. 238 Borneo Elephant Bull Beetle 14. 12. 249 Great Luzon Capricorn 47. 1. 240 Black and golden Luzon Capricorn 28. 5. 241 Staphurst 's Verdigrease spotted Capricorn 4 7. 242 Spotted Chusan Cantharis 50. 5. 243 Luzon House Cock roach 48. 9. 244 Luzon Squil Comber 42 2 245 Speckled Luzon Tree Comber 38. xi. 246 Great Copperith Luzon Comber 28. 3. 247 Dirty speckled Luzon Comber 38. 5. 248 Crack shearh'd Luzon Comber 26. 9. 249 Pale green Luzon Comber 41. 2. 250 Small Luzon Chesnut Comber 38. 6. 251 Green Bengale Carab 20 8. 252 Green yellow spotted Bergale Carab 22. 7. 253 Green Luzon Carab 48. 5. 254 Grey Luzon Chaffer 37. 6. 255 Blew copper spotted Luzon Chaffer 49 7. 256 Broad black Luzon Chaffer 42. 3. 257 Narrow black Luzon Chaffer 37. 12. 258 Luzon Snap-Beetle 27. 10. 259 Ben-
Selections from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1665-1669) VII. Extract of two Letters, the one to Dr. William Gibbons, Fellow of the College of Physitians London; the other to Mr. Nicholas Staphorst, Operator in Chymistry at Apothecaries-Hall, from Mr. Edward Coles, giving an account of a Red Colour produced by mixture of a Sulphureous Spirit with a Volatile Alcali.