John Parkinson (botanist)
John Parkinson (* 1567 in Nottinghamshire; ? † August 1650 in London ) was an English physician and botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " John Parkinson ".
Life and work
John Parkinson was a pharmacist by King James I. He lived on the Ludgate Hill and had a large vegetable garden in the London suburbs in Long Acre.
When it was founded in December 1617 on the orders of James I the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries he was one of the founding members. From 1620 to 1621 he served the Society as a Warden. Parkinson was also one of the counselors of the Royal College of Physicians as the members of their Londinensis Pharmacopoeia ( 1618) presented together.
His first great work, Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris, appeared 1629th It is divided into the areas of flower, vegetable and fruit garden. This over 1000 plants are described and about 800 also shown. King Charles I gave him for his performance the title Botanicus Regius violinist.
In Theatrum Botanicum of 1640, he describes the medicinal properties of about 3800 plants. His presentation is based on the developed by Caspar ileocecal in Pinax botanical nomenclature.
Parkinson died in the summer of 1650 and was on August 6 at the church cemetery of St. Martin-in -the-Fields buried.
Ehrentaxon
Charles Plumier named in his honor the genus Parkinsonia the plant family Leguminosae ( Fabaceae ). Linnaeus later took the name.
Writings (selection )
- Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris, Or, A choise garden of all sorts of rarest flowers, With Their nature, place of birth, time of flowring, names, and vertues to each plant, useful in physick, or admired for beauty. London 1629th
- Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants. Or, on Herball of Large Extent. London 1640th