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John Tradescant
John Tradescant the Elder (portrait attributed to Cornelis de Neve
Born1570s
Suffolk
Died15–16 April 1638
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Naturalist, gardener, collector and traveller

John Tradescant the Elder ( /trəˈdɛskənt/; c. 1570s – 15–16 April 1638), father of John Tradescant the Younger, was an English naturalist, gardener, collector and traveller. On 18 June 1607 he married Elizabeth Day of Meopham in Kent, England. She had been baptised on 22 August 1586 and was the daughter of Jeames Day, also of Meopham.

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John Tradescant the Elder

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John Tradescant the Elder ( /trəˈdɛskənt/; c. 1570s – 15–16 April 1638), father of John Tradescant the Younger, was an English naturalist, gardener, collector...

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John Tradescant the Younger

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John Tradescant the Younger ( /trəˈdɛskənt/; 4 August 1608 – 22 April 1662), son of John Tradescant the Elder, was a botanist and gardener. The standard...

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John Tradescant

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John Tradescant may refer to: John Tradescant the elder (1570s–1638) his son John Tradescant the younger (1608–1662) This disambiguation page lists articles...

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Garden Museum

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John Tradescant the Elder and the Younger to the churchyard, and were inspired to create the Museum of Garden History. It was the first museum in the...

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Syringa vulgaris

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and the 19th century botanist John Loudon was of the opinion that the Persian lilac was introduced into English gardens by John Tradescant the elder in...

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Musaeum Tradescantianum

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by John Tradescant the elder and his son in a building called The Ark, and a botanical collection in the grounds of the building. Turret House, the family...

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Tradescantia fluminensis

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wandering trad. The genus is named after the English naturalists and explorers John Tradescant the Elder (c. 1570s – 1638) and John Tradescant the Younger (1608–1662)...

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Hatfield House

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coverage. The Gardens, covering 42 acres (170,000 m2), date from the early 17th century and were laid out by John Tradescant the elder. Tradescant visited...

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Severodvinsk

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visited by John Tradescant the elder, who conducted a survey of an island situated opposite the monastery. This island became known to the British as "Rose...

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List of botanists

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Peter Thunberg Agostino Todaro John Torrey Joseph Pitton de Tournefort John Tradescant the elder John Tradescant the younger Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter...

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Lambeth Palace

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monuments were preserved, including the tombs of some of the gardeners and plantsmen John Tradescant the elder and his son of the same name, and of Admiral William...

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Tradescantia

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Tradescant the Elder (c. 1570s – 1638) and John Tradescant the Younger (1608–1662), who introduced many new plants to English gardens. Tradescant the...

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Plantsman

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know the living plant better, than just press and dry the specimen." John Tradescant the elder (ca 1570s–1638) and his son, John Tradescant the younger...

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John de Critz

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their Tradescant relations are now attributed. Thomas also worked for the Crown between 1629 and 1637. Oliver de Critz (1626–51) was a son of John the Younger...

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Mouseion

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catalogue of the 17th century collection of John Tradescant the Elder and his son John Tradescant the Younger was the founding core of the Ashmolean Museum...

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History of gardening

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Theophrastus Lucullus Tiberius Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pacello da Mercogliano John Tradescant the elder and his son of the same name Carolus Clusius André...

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Cabinet of curiosities

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form the foundation of the British Museum. John Tradescant the Elder (circa 1570s–1638) was a gardener, naturalist, and botanist in the employ of the Duke...

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Cistus

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already grown by John Tradescant the Elder, and C. × loretii, a 19th-century introduction. Cultivars (those marked agm have gained the Royal Horticultural...

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Chilham Castle

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out by John Tradescant the Elder, were redesigned twice in the 18th century. First, under the London banker James Colebrooke, (who bought the estate from...

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1638 in science

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Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician (born 1581) April 15/16 – John Tradescant the elder, English botanist (born c. 1570s) October 21 – Willem Blaeu, Dutch...

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Ashmole Bestiary

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1609. The next historically verifiable home of the manuscript was in the museum of John Tradescant, the elder, who then passed it on to his son John Tradescant...

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Binomial nomenclature

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that both John Tradescant the Younger and his father, John Tradescant the Elder, were intended by Linnaeus. The ending "-on" may derive from the neuter Greek...

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Mermaid

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dried rays. In the middle of the seventeenth century, John Tradescant the elder created a wunderkammer (called Tradescant's Ark) in which he displayed,...

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Meopham

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David Chater (1953), journalist John Tradescant the Elder (c. 1570-1638) John Tradescant the Younger (1608–1662), son of the above, both botanists Cuthbert...

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Pelargonium

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stopped at the Cape of Good Hope. In 1631, the English gardener John Tradescant the elder bought seeds from Rene Morin in Paris and introduced the plant to...

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List of professional gardeners

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English gardener and broadcaster John Tradescant the Elder (1570s–1638), English naturalist and gardener John Tradescant the younger (1608–1662), English...

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Pomegranate

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salutiferous to mankind." The pomegranate had been introduced as an exotic to England the previous century, by John Tradescant the Elder, but the disappointment...

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