Benjamin Smith Barton (1766-1815)
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Squirreleen
N 39° 57.177 W 075° 09.117
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This marker in front of the Federal Detention Center, is at the location where Benjamin Barton, professor of natural history and educator of Meriwether Lewis lived. One assumes it was not a jail when Barton lived here.
Waymark Code: WM4W5M
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2008
Views: 33
Physician, professor of natural history and botany at the University of Pennsylvania. Author of first American botany textbook. In 1803, he taught natural history to Meriwether Lewis in preparation for Lewis & Clark Expedition, 1803-1806. He lived here.
Marker Name: Benjamin Smith Barton
County: Philadelphia
Date Dedicated: 12/19/2004
Marker Type: City
Location: 712 Arch Street, Philadelphia
Category: Education, Lewis & Clark, Medicine & Science, Writers
Website: [Web Link]
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