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John Falconer
John Falconer may refer to: * John Falconer (merchant) (fl. 1547), English merchant and botanist * John Falconer (Jesuit) (1577–1656), English Jesuit * John Falconer (bishop) (ca. 1660–1723), Prelate of the Scottish Episcopal Church * John Mackie Falconer (1820–1903), etcher, painter and watercolourist * John Falconer (MP) (1674-1764), Member of Parliament for Kincardineshire * John A. Falconer (1844–1900), American soldier in the American Civil War * John Downie Falconer (1876–1947), Scottish geologist and geographer * John Ireland Falconer (1879–1954), Lord Provost of Edinburgh * John Falconer (footballer) (1902–1982), Scottish footballer * John Falconer (actor), including roles in ''The Pied Piper (1972 film), The Pied Piper'' * John Falconer (poker player) (born c. 1955), British poker player * John Falconer, a character in ''On the Run (novel series), On the Run'' See also * Falconer (surname) * John Falkner (other) * John Fauconer (fl. 1421), MP for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Falconer (merchant)
John Falconer (Floruit, fl. 1547) was an English merchant and botanist. Biography Falconer appears to have been the first Englishman who possessed a series of dried plants, a method of study first practised by Luca Ghini of Bologna, the originator of botanical gardens. Falconer travelled, and from 1540 or 1541 lived at Ferrara, which he left in 1547. He was a fellow-pupil of William Turner (botanist), William Turner, the father of English botany, at Bologna, and is mentioned in Turner's ''Herbal'' several times. "Maister Falkonner's Boke" is an early mention of a herbarium. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Falconer, John Year of birth missing Year of death missing 16th-century English merchants 16th-century English botanists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |