The Digital Ark :: James Cargill

The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

Botanist. Pulteney avers that "he must have been extremely well acquainted with the botany of the age. There is sufficient evidence that he had studied botany and anatomy at Basil, during the time that Caspar BAUHINE held the professorship in those sciences" (2). He sent specimens to Bauhin and Gesner and L'Obel (Ibid., 2, 149-50). Authority - early modern
Relevant locations: Lived at or near Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Relationships: James Cargill was a correspondent of Gaspard Bauhin (17 Jan 1560-5 Dec 1624)
James Cargill was a educated by Gaspard Bauhin (17 Jan 1560-5 Dec 1624)
James Cargill was a correspondent of Conrad Gesner (1516-1565)
James Cargill was a correspondent of Matthias de l'Obel (1538-1616)

Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - Historical and Biographical Sketches of the Progress of Botany in England, From its Origin to the Introduction of the Linnaean System.
as Mentioned or referenced by - Historical Sketch of the Fresh-Water Algae of the East of Scotland.
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