Jacob Bobart the Younger

He was born at Oxford, and succeeded his father as superintendent of the Physic Garden, and on the death of Dr. Robert Morison in 1683, lectured as botanical professor.

In 1699 he brought out the third part of Morison's Historia Plantarum, the second having been issued during the writer's life in 1680, whilst the first was never printed.

In Zachary Grey's Notes on Hudibras occurs the following: Whilst he held this appointment he formed a "hortus siccus" according to the fashion of the times in twelve volumes folio, which is kept at the garden.

Consul William Sherard, who afterwards left his library and an endowment to the Oxford Garden, wrote in July 1719 that Vice-chancellor Shippen had compelled Bobart, 'my old master,' who was then in weak health, to resign the office of botanic professor, Dr. E. Sandys receiving the post.

He says: "I am surprised the vice-chancellor hath obliged Mr. Bobart to resign his place... they ought to have let him spend the short remainder of his time in the garden."