William Turner (physician)

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William Turner (physician) was a 16th-century English naturalist, botanist, and physician often regarded as the "father of English botany" for his pioneering works on plants and their medicinal uses.

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instanceOf Protestant reformer ⓘ
botanist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physician ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
Master of Arts ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 16th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1508 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 13 July 1568 ⓘ
educatedAt Pembroke Hall, Cambridge ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
fieldOfWork botany ⓘ
herbalism ⓘ
ornithology ⓘ
theology ⓘ
hasPart first part of A New Herball (published 1551) ⓘ
second part of A New Herball (published 1562) ⓘ
third part of A New Herball (published 1568) ⓘ
knownFor being regarded as the father of English botany ⓘ
linking plants with their medicinal uses ⓘ
pioneering systematic study of British plants ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
movement English Reformation ⓘ
notableWork A New Herball ⓘ
Avium praecipuarum, quarum apud Plinium et Aristotelem mentio est, brevis et succincta historia ⓘ
The Hunting of the Romish Fox ⓘ
The Rescuynge of the Romishe Fox ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
botanist ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
physician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Morpeth ⓘ
Northumberland ⓘ
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Dean of Wells ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Basel ⓘ
linked to: Basel-Stadt

Cologne ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Wells Cathedral ⓘ

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William Turner → sharesNameWith → William Turner (physician) ⓘ
William Turner → sharesNameWith → William Turner (scholar) ⓘ
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William Turner → sharesNameWith → William Turner (surgeon) ⓘ
linked to: William Turner (physician)