Robert john thornton biography
Robert john thornton biography
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Robert John Thornton
Robert John Thornton (1768–1837) was an English physician and botanical writer, noted for A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnæus[1] (1797–1807) and "The British Flora" of 1812.
Life
He was the son of Bonnell Thornton and studied at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] Inspired by John Martyn's lectures on botany and the work of Linnaeus, he switched from the Church to medicine.
He worked at Guy's Hospital in London, where he later lectured in medical botany.
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After spending some time abroad, he settled and practised in London. Robert inherited the family fortune after the death of both his brother and mother.[3]
Thornton died in destitution.[citation needed]
Works
In 1799 Thornton commenced his work on the New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus, a work of botanical science to be published in three parts.
The first was a dissertation on the sex of plants accor