Richard Bradley (botanist)

Richard Bradley (* 1688? † November 5, 1732 in Cambridge ) was an English botanist and writer. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Bradley".

Life

Richard Bradley spent his childhood near London and developed an interest in everything Horticulture. In 1710 he appeared for the first time with a six-page treatise on succulent plants (A Treatise on Succulent Plants) scientific in appearance.

Although he had no university education, it was proposed in November 1712 by Robert Balle for membership in the Royal Society of London, elected on December 1, 1712 as a member. His sponsors were James and Hans Sloane Petiver.

1714 Bradley traveled to the Netherlands to visit a number of botanical gardens. Armed with letters of recommendation he met with several scientists (eg, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ) and arranged for the exchange of plant material between London and Amsterdam.

From 1716 to 1727 he published in five parts, each ten panels the world's first dedicated exclusively to the succulent plants botanical work. The drawings came to, with one exception, by himself

With 15 issues he presented from 1721 to 1723, the first regularly published British gardening magazine (A General Treatise on Husbandry and Gardening ) together.

With the weather he studied in the works of The Gentleman and Gardener 's Calendar (1718 ) and A Philosophical Enquirey into the Late Servere Winter ( 1729 ). For cooking and other practical things in life it comes in The Country Housewife and Lady's Director (1728 and 1732 ). Thus we find in the first part of 1728, for example, a recipe for making ketchup.

Richard Bradley in 1724 became the first professor of botany at the University of Cambridge, on the recommendation of William Sherard.

Honors

  • The cactus Opuntia bradleyi was named in 1958 by Gordon Douglas Rowley after him.
  • The appearing since 1983 Yearbook of the British Cactus and Sukkulentengesellschaft, Bradleya, is named after him.

Writings (selection )

  • A Treatise on Succulent Plants. 1710.
  • The History of Succulent Plants. From 1716 to 1727.
  • The Gentleman and Gardener 's Calendar ... 1718.
  • New Improvements of Planting and Gardening Both Philosophical and Practical. From 1719 to 1720.
  • A Philosophical Account of the Works of Nature ... London 1721 (online).
  • A General Treatise on Husbandry and Gardening, ... 1721-1724.
  • A Survey of Ancient Husbandry and Gardening Collected from the Greeks and Romans. 1725th
  • The Country Housewife and Lady's Director ... 1728 and 1732.
  • A Philosophical Enquirey into the Late Servere winter, ... ' 1729th
  • The Riches of a Hop Garden Explained. 1729
  • A Dictionary of Plants, Their Description and Use. In 1747.
James Petiver Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam Benjamin Daydon Jackson Dictionary of National Biography Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt Project Gutenberg John Venn Cambridge University Press International Plant Names Index Name Authority File
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