The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Robert Spotswood (1637 - 1688)
Scottish surgeon in Tangier who gathered plant specimens for Alexander Balaam and Robert Morison. He was father of Alexander Spotswood (1676–1740) who was a British Army officer and lieutenant governor of Colonial Virginia. Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Spotswood Other Links: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Spotswood-34 - Relevant locations: Lived at or near Tangier, MoroccoRelationships: Robert Spotswood was a source of object(s) for Robert Morison (1620-1683)
Linked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - A catalogue of plants growing within the fortifications of Tangier, wrote in the Year 1673. by Mr. Spottswood (a surgeon, who lived there, and gathered plants and seeds for Mr. Balaam and Dr. Morison) which by the author was given to Dr. Love Morley, who communuicated it.
as Mentioned or referenced by - Mr. J. Ball's Spicilegium Florae Maroccanae.
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