The John Bargrave Collection
John Robinson ( - fl. 1696)
Alias John Fitz-Roberts (Alias)Botanist who also went by the name of Fitz-Roberts, known to other natruralist by that name and as a resident of Kendal:
He was a correspondent of Ray, Plukenet and Petiver. ‘Mr John Robinson, alias Fitz-Roberts, a Curious Naturalist, sent up several . . . Plants [of Cryptogramma crispa (L.) R. Br. ex Hook.] from Kendal, which were set in Chelsea Garden and elsewhere’ (Petiver in Phil. Trans. 27, 376). Petiver . . . refers to him as an expert botanist, and (in Ray Syn. ed. 2,325) styles him ‘Amico optimo’. Specimens collected by him will be found in Petiver’s ‘Hortus siccus Anglicanus’ . . . . Ray had drawings as well as plants from him (see Ray Svn. ed. 2, 202, 203). (The Sloane herbarium, 196-7. See also Britten, 144)Roles: Collector
Relevant locations: Lived at or near Kendal
People linked to person: John Robinson was a correspondent of James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)
John Robinson was a correspondent of John Ray (1627-1705)