The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
John Robinson ( - fl. 1696)
Alias John Fitz-Roberts (Alias)
He was a correspondent of Ray, Plukenet and Petiver. ‘Mr John Robinson, alias Fitz-Roberts, a Curious Naturalist, sent up several . . . Plants [of Cryptogramma crispa (L.) R. Br. ex Hook.] from Kendal, which were set in Chelsea Garden and elsewhere’ (Petiver in Phil. Trans. 27, 376). Petiver . . . refers to him as an expert botanist, and (in Ray Syn. ed. 2,325) styles him ‘Amico optimo’. Specimens collected by him will be found in Petiver’s ‘Hortus siccus Anglicanus’ . . . . Ray had drawings as well as plants from him (see Ray Svn. ed. 2, 202, 203). (The Sloane herbarium, 196-7. See also Britten, 144)Collector
Relevant locations: Lived at or near Kendal, Westmorland
Relationships: John Robinson was a correspondent of James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)
John Robinson was a correspondent of John Ray (1627-1705)
Linked print sources: as Collector - An attempt towards a natural history of the fossils of England; in a catalogue of the English fossils in the collection of J. Woodward, M. D..
as Mentions or references - A Biographical Index of British and Irish Botanists.
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 - Synopsis methodica stirpium Britannicarum: in qua tum notæ generum characteristicæ traduntur, tum species singulæ breviter describuntur : ducentæ quinquaginta plus minus novæ species partim suis locis inferuntur, partim in appendice seorsim exhibentur.
as Mentions or references - The Sloane Herbarium: An Annotated List of the Horti Sicci Composing it: With Biographical Accounts of the Principal Contributors .
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