The John Bargrave Collection
Henry Barham (1670? - 1726)
Botanist, traveling to Spain, Madras, and Jamaica. Elected fellow of the Royal Society in November 1717. Around 1716, he settled in Chelsea where he focused on cultivating silkworms and the manufacturing silk, publishing his Observations on the Produce of the Silkworm and of Silk in England in 1719. He is listed as a benefactor of Salter's museum. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Barham Other biography: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/1374 Roles: BotanistRelevant locations: Lived at or near Chelsea
People linked to person: Henry Barham was a member of Royal Society (-)
Henry Barham was a donor to James Salter (-c. 1728)
Henry Barham was a friend of Hans Sloane (1660-1753)