James Donn

[1] He was trained by William Aiton, a protege of Sir Joseph Banks and was Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Cambridge, from 1790 until his death.

[2][3] His most important work was Hortus Cantabrigiensis, first published in 1796 but with several later, much expanded, editions.

[4] A copy was given to the Library of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University in 1895.

[1] A memorial to James Donn, exists on St Edward the Martyr's church in Cambridge.

[6] A grandson was the English composer William Sterndale Bennett.