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Thomas Pool ( - fl. c. 1710)

In a later contribution to the Philosophical Transactions, Petiver refers to him as a "Curious Botanist" from Nottingham (379), and in Musei Petiveriani, " a diligent enquirer into Natural History, about Nottingham" (13). Botanist
Relevant locations: Lived at or near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - An Account of Divers Rare Plants, Lately Observed in Several Curious Gardens about London, and Particularly the Company of Apothecaries Physick Garden at Chelsey.
as Mentions or references - Musei Petiveriani centuria prima [-decima], rariora naturæ continens: viz. animalia, fossilia, plantas, ex variis mundi plagis advecta, ordine digesta, et nominibus propriis signata. A Jacobo Petiver.
References in Documents:
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * A. 79. Musc. crustaceus leprosus scutellaris cinereus. Mr. Pool's Ash=coloured Leprous=moss. Found by him on some Rocks near Nottinghamshire, which I have seen since gathered by Mr. Charles Du-bois about Tunbridge.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * A. 89. Muscus trichoides minor pileis magnis acutis. The Extinguisher=moss. First observed by Mr. Tho. Pool, a diligent enquirer into Natural History, about Nottingham, since which, Mr. William Vernon (who hath been very curious in the discovery of this minute Tribe of Plants) tells me he hath found it in Essex.