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Andrew Balfour (1630 - 1694)

Botanist, physician, and antiquary. He had a natural history collection in Edinburgh (Freshwater, 354). Balfour was a friend of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (Greene, 11, 33, 36). Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1182 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Balfour_%28botanist%29 Botanist
Collector (major)
 Relevant locations: Founder or Creator of Edinburgh Physic Garden, Edinburgh
Residence at Edinburgh, Midlothian
Residence at St. Andrews, Scotland
Visited Oxford, Oxfordshire
Visited London, England
 Relationships: Andrew Balfour was a brother of James Balfour (1600-1657)
Andrew Balfour was a friend of Sir Robert Sibbald (15 Apr 1641-1722)

Michael Balfour (-fl. 1700) was a son of Andrew Balfour
Mr. Bees (-fl. 1688) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Andrew Balfour
Alexander Fraser (4 Mar 1604-11 Aug 1693) was a source of object(s) for Andrew Balfour
Gray (Mrs.) (-fl. before 1694) was a source of object(s) for Andrew Balfour
Nicolas Marchant (-1678) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Andrew Balfour
Robert Morison (1620-1683) was a friend of Andrew Balfour
Patrick Murray (1632-1671) was a friend of Andrew Balfour
Patrick Murray (1632-1671) was a correspondent of Andrew Balfour
Walter Pope (1628-1714) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Andrew Balfour
Mr. Pulleyns (-fl. 1688) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Andrew Balfour
Mr. Scott (-fl. 1688) was a friend of Andrew Balfour
James Sutherland (1638-1719) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Andrew Balfour
Linked manuscripts: as Subject of/in a document - MS Dc.1.59, Edinburgh University Library, University of Edinburgh
as Subject of/in a document - MS Gen 1801/6, Edinburgh University Library, University of Edinburgh
 Linked manuscript items: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - "Musaeum Balfoureanum. Or A Catalogue of the Rarities Which were collected by Sr Andrew Balfour; And bought from his Heirs, by the Town Council of Edinburgh. For the Use & Ornament of their Colledge," Edinburgh University Library MS Gen 1801/6, University of Edinburgh
as Mentioned or referenced by - "Musaeum Balfoureanum. Or A Catalogue of the Rarities Which were collected by Sr Andrew Balfour; And bought from his Heirs, by the Town Council of Edinburgh. For the Use & Ornament of their Colledge," Edinburgh University Library MS Gen 1801/6, University of Edinburgh
as Subject of/in a document - "Memoria Balfouriana by Sir Rob. Sibbald," Edinburgh University Library MS Dc.1.59, University of Edinburgh
 Linked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Bibliotheca Balfouriana, sive catalogus librorum .
as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Letters writen [sic] to a friend by the learned and judicious Sir Andrew Balfour, M.D. containing excellent directions and advices for travelling thro' France and Italy, with many curious and judicious remarks and observations made by himself, in his voyages thro' these countreys, published from the author's original m.s.
as Collector (minor) - Auctarium musaei Balfouriani, e musaeo Sibbaldiano, sive, Enumeratio & descriptio rerum rariorum, tàm naturalium quam artificialium, tàm domesticarum quàm exoticarum quas Robertus Sibbaldus M.D. eques auratus, Academie Edinburgenae donavit: quae quasi manuductio brevis est, ad historiam naturalem. .
as Collector (minor) - Letters writen [sic] to a friend by the learned and judicious Sir Andrew Balfour, M.D. containing excellent directions and advices for travelling thro' France and Italy, with many curious and judicious remarks and observations made by himself, in his voyages thro' these countreys, published from the author's original m.s.
as Collector (minor) - Museums, Their History and Their Use: With a Bibliography and List of Museums in the United Kingdom.
as Mentioned or referenced by - Books and Universities.
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 - Lord Rochester's Monkey.
as Mentions or references - Exoticorum libri decem: quibus animalium, plantarum, aromatum, alioruḿque peregrinorum fructuum historiæ describuntur: item Petri Bellonii Observationes, eodem Carolo Clusio interprete. Series totius operis post praefationem indicabitur. .
as Subject of/in a document - Bibliotheca Balfouriana, sive catalogus librorum .
as Subject of/in a document - Collecting Beyond the Book: Edinburgh University Library and the Earliest University Museums.
as Subject of/in a document - Memoirs of Sir Andrew Balfour.
as Subject of/in a document - Memoria Balfouriana, sive, Historia rerum, pro literis promovendis gestarum a clarissimis fratribus Balfouriis, D. D. Jacobo, Barone de Kinaird, Equite, Leone, Rege Armorum et D. D. Andrea, M.D. Equite Aurato.
as Subject of/in a document - Sketch of the life, travels, studies, and character of Sir Andrew Balfour.
as - Catalogus selectissimorum in quavis lingua & facultate librorum, quorum maxima pars pertinebat ad clarissimos fratres D.D. Balfourios, Jacobum ... et Andream ...: quorum auctio habebitur duodecimo die Junii, 1669, in Ædibus, in vico vulgò dicto High Street, o Regione Tmepli Cathedralis / catalogi venales prostant apud D. And. Symson, & D. Hen. Knox.
 References in Documents:
Selections from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1665-1669) And the Barnacle which I call Concha quinquevalvis Animal sui generis continens variis cirrhis& caudâ rotundâ Rugosâ instructum. Dr. Balflour found Eggs in the Cauda of it.