Richard Pulteney

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Richard Pulteney by P. Roberts, published 1805 (after Thomas Beach, 1788).

Richard Pulteney (17 February 1730 – 13 October 1801) was an English physician and botanist. He was a promoter of Linnaean taxonomy, and authored the first English language biography of Carl Linnaeus, entitled A General View of the Writings of Linnaeus. He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School, and a school house was named after him.

The standard author abbreviation Pult. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

↑ [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Pult. "Author Query for 'Pult.'"]. International Plant Names Index.

I. D. Hughes (2004). "Pulteney, Richard (1730–1801)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (January 2008 online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22888. Retrieved May 3, 2011.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 69274951 LCCN: nr93031809 ISNI: 0000 0000 8344 4678 GND: 117705667 SUDOC: 097503339

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Name	Pulteney, Richard
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Short description	British botanist
Date of birth	17 February 1730
Place of birth
Date of death	13 October 1801
Place of death

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