John Bartram

American naturalist
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Born:
March 23, 1699, near Darby, Pa. [U.S.]
Died:
Sept. 22, 1777, Kingsessing, Pa., U.S. (aged 78)
Notable Family Members:
son William Bartram
Subjects Of Study:
angiosperm
hybridization

John Bartram (born March 23, 1699, near Darby, Pa. [U.S.]—died Sept. 22, 1777, Kingsessing, Pa., U.S.) was a naturalist and explorer considered the “father of American botany.” Largely self-educated, Bartram was a friend of Benjamin Franklin and an original member of the American Philosophical Society. He was botanist for the American colonies to King George III. Bartram was the first North American experimenter to hybridize flowering plants, and he established near Philadelphia a botanical garden that became internationally famous. He collected and exported seeds and plants that were in great demand abroad and thus established friendships with European botanists, among ...(100 of 164 words)