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John Martyn

British botanist (1699-1768)

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Field of work
Botany
Philology, Classical

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  • Images from the collections
  • Works from the collections
  • Frequent collaborators
  • Related topics

Images from the collections

Images by John Martyn

7 images from works
  • A plant (Cotyledon africana): flowering stem, with coat of arms of the dedicatee. Colour mezzotint by E. Kirkall, c.1728, after J. van Huysum.
  • Michaelmas daisy (Aster amellus): flowering stem. Colour mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • Citron (Citrus medica): flowering branch. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • The philosophical transactions (from the year 1732, to the year 1744) abridged, and disposed under general heads : the Latin papers being translated into English / By John Martyn ... In two volumes.
  • Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon): flowering stem. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • Olive (Olea europaea) and Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia): flowering branches and floral segments. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • Honeywort (Cerinthe major): flowering stem. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.

Works from the collections

14 works

    • Books

    The philosophical transactions (from the year 1719, to the year 1733) abridged, and disposed under general heads : In two volumes ... / By Mr. John Eames ... and John Martyn.

    | Date: 1734
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A plant (Cotyledon africana): flowering stem, with coat of arms of the dedicatee. Colour mezzotint by E. Kirkall, c.1728, after J. van Huysum.

    Huysum, Jacob van, approximately 1687-approximately 1740. | Date: [1728] | Reference: 20493i
    • Books
    • Online

    A treatise on the powers of medicines / by the late learned Herman Boerhaave ... translated from the most correct Latin edition, by John Martyn.

    Boerhaave, Herman, 1668-1738. | Date: 1740
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Honeywort (Cerinthe major): flowering stem. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.

    Huysum, Jacob van, approximately 1687-approximately 1740. | Date: [1741] | Reference: 25313i
    • Books

    Methodus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium / [John Martyn].

    Martyn, John, 1699-1768 | Date: 1727 [i.e. 1729]
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Frequent collaborators

Jacob van Huysum
Elisha Kirkall
Royal Society

Related topics

Plants, Cultivated
Botany - Pre-Linnean works
Science
Societies, Scientific

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