John Ellis (naturalist)
He was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1754 and in the following year published An essay towards the Natural History of the Corallines.
In 1770 he presented papers to the Royal Society on the loblolly bay and the American star anise.
[3] His A Natural History of Many Uncommon and Curious Zoophytes, written with Daniel Solander, was published posthumously in 1776.
A royal botanist, William Young imported living plants of the Venus flytrap to England.
In 1769, he wrote a description of the plant discovery from North Carolina to send to the 'Father of Taxonomy', Carl Linnaeus.
Title page of French translation of "
Natural History of the Corallines
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