The John Bargrave Collection
Nicholas, the Younger Staphorst ( - fl. 1701)
Botanist, collector, and son of Nicolaus Staphorst, who was director of the Chemical Laboratory of the Royal College of Physicians in London. The younger Staphorst travelled to South Africa, West India and West Africa in 1700-1701 where he attempted to collect plants for James Petiver; letters from Staphorst survive from the Cape of Good Hope and Surat (Zeven, 151-2). Specimens from Guinea supplied by Staphorst eventually entered the Sloane herbarium (ibid., 152). Roles: BotanistRelevant locations: Visited Cape of Good Hope
Visited Surat
Visited Guinea
People linked to person: Nicholas, the Younger Staphorst was a employed by James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)
Edward Coles (-fl. 1697) was a correspondent of Nicholas, the Younger Staphorst
Nicholaus, the Elder Staphorst (-fl. 1701) was a father of Nicholas, the Younger Staphorst