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Died October 13, 1801, Blandford Forum, United Kingdom Education Loughborough Grammar School Books Historical and Biographical Sketches of the Progress of Botany in England: From Its Origin to the Introduction of the Linnaean System | ||
Richard Pulteney (17 February 1730 – 13 October 1801) was an English physician and botanist. He was a promoter of Linnaean taxonomy, and authored the first English language biography of Carl Linnaeus, entitled A General View of the Writings of Linnaeus. He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School, and a school house was named after him.
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