John Hope (botanist)
Professor John Hope FRSE FRS PRCPE (10 May 1725 – 10 November 1786) was a Scottish physician and botanist. He did enormous work on plant classification and plant physiology, and is now best known as an early supporter of Carl Linnaeus's system of classification. He did not publish much.
John Hope | |
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| Born | 10 May 1725 Edinburgh |
| Died | 10 November 1786 (aged 61) Edinburgh |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh University of Paris |
| Children | Robert Hope, Marianne Hope, John Hope, Thomas Charles Hope, James Hope |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, medicine |
| Institutions | President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1784-1786) King's Botanist (1761-86) Professor of Botany, University of Edinburgh |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Hope |
In 1783 he was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
In 1784 Hope was elected as president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1784–6).
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