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Jacob Bobart, the Younger (2 Aug 1641 - 1719)

Superintendent of the Oxford Botanic Garden, succeeding his father in 1680. Bobart "operated a network of plant collectors scattered around the world," who supplied specimens that he exchanged with "owners of famous gardens" (Willes, 212). Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2742 Botanist
Donator of object(s)
 Relevant locations: Birth place in Oxford, Oxfordshire
Workplace or place of business University of Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford
 Relationships: Jacob Bobart was a son of Jacob, the Elder Bobart (1599-1680)
Jacob Bobart was a donor to William Courten (28 Mar 1642-26 Mar 1702)
Jacob Bobart was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Christopher Merret (16 Feb 1614/5-19 Aug 1695)
Jacob Bobart was a associate or acquaintance (general) of John Ray (1627-1705)

Tilleman Bobart (-fl. c. 1709) was a brother of Jacob Bobart
Mary Somerset (bap. 16 Dec 1630-7 Jan 1715) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Jacob Bobart
William Stonestreet (1659-1716) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Jacob Bobart
Linked manuscript items: as Scribe (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - "List of the Minerals," Bodleian Library Lat misc d 25, Oxford University
 Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn.
 References in Documents:
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * A. 72. Muscus pyxidatus major rugosus. Rough Cup=moss. This I received from my honoured Friend Mr. Jacob Bobart, Botanick-Professor at Oxford.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * A. 75. Muscus capillaris palustris flagellis longioribus bifurcatis. Mr. Jacob Bobart's Golden Bog=moss. This he sent me, who first observ'd it in some Boggs near Oxford.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * 246. Jacea lutea major, seminibus Crupinæ Belgarum. This my worthy Friend Mr. Jacob Bobart sent me from Oxford.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 3. Mr. JACOB BOBART, Botanick Professor of the Physick-Garden at OXFORD, hath favoured me with some Plants I had not before seen.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 611. Aster Africanus pumilus longifolius cœruleus. Under this Name my worthy Friend Mr. Jacob Bobart sent it me from Oxford.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 749. Armeniaca fol. acuminato. Mr. Jacob Bobart, that Curious Botanist and Super-Intendant of the Physick-Garden at Oxford, sent me this amongst some other not common Plants
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 2. From Mr. JACOB BOBART, Botanick Professor of the Physick Garden at Oxford, I have at times received several curious Plants raised in that Garden under his Care.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) TAB: XIII
[Fig: figures of objects in Table 13]
To Mr. JACOB BOBART, Botanick Professor of the Physick Garden in Oxon. This Table is humbly Dedicated by JAMES PETIVER, F. R. S.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 2. Ivy-leaved Belflower. Mr. Jacob Bobart, first sent me this elegant Plant gathered about Oxford; it is also found in the West and North Parts of England.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) Tab. LXIII
[Fig: figures of objects in Table 63]
To Mr JACOB BOBART, Botanick Professor of the Physick Garden in Oxon, This Table is humbly Dedicated by JAMES PETIVER, F. R. S.