John Lightfoot FRS

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The Reverend John Lightfoot (1735-1788) was an English conchologist and botanist.

Lightfoot was the chaplain and librarian of Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland. He was the author of Flora Scotica (2 vols, 1777) and An Account of Some Minute British Shells, Either not Duly Observed, or Totally Unnoticed by Authors (1786).

The standard author abbreviation Lightf. may be used to indicate this person in citing a botanical name.

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