William Bartram

American naturalist, botanist, and artist
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Born:
April 9, 1739, Kingsessing, Pa., U.S.
Died:
July 22, 1823, Kingsessing (aged 84)

William Bartram (born April 9, 1739, Kingsessing, Pa., U.S.—died July 22, 1823, Kingsessing) was an American naturalist, botanist, and artist. The son of naturalist John Bartram, he described the abundant river swamps of the southeastern United States in their primeval condition in his Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida (1791). The book was influential among the English and French Romantics (see Romanticism). Bartram was also noted for his renderings of plants and animals.

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