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John Gerard

1545 - 1612

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John Gerard (also John Gerarde, 1545–1612) was an English herbalist with a large garden in Holborn, now part of London. His 1,484-page illustrated Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, first published in 1597, became a popular gardening and herbal book in English in the 17th century. Except for some added plants from his own garden and from North America, Gerard's Herbal is largely a plagiarised English translation of Rembert Dodoens's 1554 herbal, itself highly popular in Dutch, Latin, French and other English translations. Gerard's Herball drawings of plants and the printer's woodcuts are mainly derived from Continental European sources, but there is an original title page with a copperplate engraving by William Rogers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Gerard is the 831st most popular biologist (down from 757th in 2019), the 3,747th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,661st in 2019) and the 122nd most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Gerard ranks 831 out of 1,097. Before him are Michele Tenore, Ernst Ahl, Thomas Hardwicke, Gilbert Thomas Burnett, Charles Wallace Richmond, and Alfred Moquin-Tandon. After him are Alfred Cogniaux, Osbert Salvin, Michael Sars, Robert Collett, Richard Spruce, and René Dubos.

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Among people born in 1545, John Gerard ranks 16. Before him are Anna of Sweden, Azai Nagamasa, Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha, Guidobaldo del Monte, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, and Frans Pourbus the Elder.  Among people deceased in 1612, John Gerard ranks 29. Before him are Arima Harunobu, Konoe Sakihisa, Giulio Cesare Polerio, Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow, Juan de la Cueva, and Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo. After him is Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Gerard ranks 3,748 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Middleton (1580), Arthur Bliss (1891), Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800), Quentin Crisp (1908), Mary Toft (1703), and Peter McParland (1934). After him are Ashley Montagu (1905), Ronald Lacey (1935), Osbert Salvin (1835), Davy Jones (1945), Henri Alleg (1921), and Rupert Graves (1963).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, John Gerard ranks 122. Before him are Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855), Lilian Gibbs (1870), William Thomas Blanford (1832), Herbert Giles (1845), John Abbot (1751), and Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800). After him are Osbert Salvin (1835), William Kirby (1759), John Hutton Balfour (1808), Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), and Everard Home (1756).

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