Henry Lyte (botanist)

Henry Lyte (1529? – 16 October 1607) was an English botanist and antiquary. He is best known for two works, A niewe Herball (1578), which was a translation of the Cruydeboeck of Rembert Dodoens (Antwerp, 1564), and an antiquarian volume, The Light of Britayne (1588), both of which are dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I.

For other people with the same name, see Henry Lyte.

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