Jan Frederik Gronovius (also seen as Johann Frederik and Johannes Fredericus) (10 February 1690 in
Leiden
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– 10 July 1762 in Leiden) was a Dutch
botanist
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notable as a patron of
Linnaeus
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.
John Clayton, a plant collector in
Virginia
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sent him many specimens, as well as manuscript descriptions, in the 1730s. Without Clayton's knowledge, Gronovius used the material in his ''Flora Virginica'' (1739–43, 2nd ed. 1762).
He was the son of
Jakob Gronovius and grandson of
Johann Friedrich Gronovius, both classical scholars. In 1719, he married Margaretha Christina Trigland, who died in 1726, and Johanna Susanna Alensoon in 1729. His son
Laurens Theodoor Gronovius (1730–1777) was also a botanist.
References
External links
Clayton herbarium page with Gronovius picture J. F. Gronovius: ''Flora Virginica'' 1745 on GoogleBooks
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1690 births
1762 deaths
18th-century Dutch botanists
Scientists from Leiden