George Clifford III

E1031997

George Clifford III was an 18th-century Dutch banker and wealthy Amsterdam merchant best known as a prominent patron of botany who employed Carl Linnaeus and developed the famous Hartekamp gardens.

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George Clifford III canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch person ⓘ
art collector ⓘ
banker ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
patron of botany ⓘ
associatedWith Hartekamp gardens ⓘ
Heemstede NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1685-01-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Amsterdam ⓘ
businessActivity international trade ⓘ
investment in Dutch East India Company-related trade ⓘ
collection artworks ⓘ
exotic plants ⓘ
extensive herbarium ⓘ
rare books ⓘ
commissioned Hortus Cliffortianus ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Dutch Republic ⓘ
deathDate 1760-04-10 ⓘ
deathPlace Amsterdam ⓘ
employed Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
botanical illustrators ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork botany patronage ⓘ
finance ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
influenced development of plant taxonomy ⓘ
knownFor Hortus Cliffortianus ⓘ
patronage of Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
languageUsed Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
memberOf Clifford banking family ⓘ
name George Clifford III ⓘ
notableStudentOrAssociate Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
notableWork development of Hartekamp gardens ⓘ
occupation banker ⓘ
botany patron ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
owned Hartekamp estate ⓘ
large plant collection ⓘ
patronOf Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
botanical research ⓘ
religion Mennonite ⓘ
residence Amsterdam ⓘ
socialClass Dutch patriciate ⓘ
supported introduction of exotic species into Europe ⓘ
wealthStatus wealthy merchant-banker ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hartekamp estate → hasOwner → George Clifford III ⓘ
Hartekamp estate → associatedWith → George Clifford III ⓘ
Hortus Cliffortianus → commissionedBy → George Clifford III ⓘ
Hortus Cliffortianus → patron → George Clifford III ⓘ
George Clifford III → name → George Clifford III ⓘ