John Clayton, Botanist
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N 37° 27.951 W 076° 26.686
18S E 372235 N 4147532
Erected 1951 by Virginia State Library. (Marker Number NN 3.)
Waymark Code: WMGBJ2
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/10/2013
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One and a half miles north is the site of his home "Windsor" where he developed an excellent botanical garden. He was first president, Virginia Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge, and clerk of Gloucester County from 1722 until his death in 1773. His herbarium specimens, some still preserved in the British Museum, were the basis of "Flora Virginica," compiled by Gronovius with the collaboration of Linnaeus and originally published at Leyden in 1739
Marker Number: nn 3
Marker Title: John Clayton, Botanist
Marker Location: glouster va
County or Independent City: glouster
Web Site: Not listed
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