The John Bargrave Collection
George Wheler (20 Jan 1651 n.s. - 15 Jan 1724 ns.)
Alias George [Alias] WheelerClergyman, travel writer, and collector of plants and manuscripts. He became a student at Middle Temple in 1671 and became M.A. in 1683 and D.D. in 1702. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1677 (expelled in 1685) and was knighted on 1 Sep 1682. He traveled with Jacques Spon through France, Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor from 1675 to 1676 and published his account of Greece in 1682. He donated his manuscripts to Lincoln College and his plant specimens to the Oxford Physic Garden. Ray, Morison, and Plukenet all received plant specimens from Wheler (Pulteney, 1.359). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/29193 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wheler_(travel_writer) Roles: Collector (minor)
Donator of object(s)
Relevant locations: Birth place in Breda
Educated at Lincoln College
Educated at Middle Temple
People linked to person: George Wheler was a source of object(s) for Robert Morison (1620-1683)
George Wheler was a source of object(s) for Leonard Plukenet (1642-1706)
George Wheler was a source of object(s) for John Ray (1627-1705)
George Wheler was a member of Royal Society (-)
George Wheler was a travelling companion of Jacob Spon (1647-1685)
George Hickes (1642-1715) was a travelling companion of George Wheler