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Peter Collinson FRS (January 1694 – 11 August 1768) was an English gardener, botanist and horticulturist. A Fellow of the Royal Society and an avid gardener, Collinson served as the middleman for an international exchange of scientific ideas in Georgian era London .
Jun 14, 2020 · Assistant Archivist Luke Thorne writes about his work cataloguing the "commonplace books" of 18th-century botanist, Peter Collinson. Although he was a cloth merchant by trade, Peter Collinson (1694-1768) had an immense passion for the natural world and scientific enquiry.
In 1765, Collinson secured for Bartram the position of king’s botanist in North America. Collinson had botanical contacts in many other countries, including China, Russia and Europe, with whom he exchanged trees, plant cuttings, seeds and bulbs.
English Quaker merchant Peter Collinson (January 28, 1694–August 11, 1768) traded seeds and plants with colleagues across the Atlantic Ocean, especially John Bartram of Philadelphia. Collinson is credited with introducing at least 150 species, mostly from British North America, to English gardens during the 18th century.
Although Peter Collinson is best remembered for his North American introductions, it should be noted that significant contributions came from other parts of the world. One of Peter Collinson’s introductions is now the very common street tree, Ailanthus altissima , the tree of heaven.
Aug 30, 2017 · Peter Collinson was a botanist and a member of the Royal Society. Through his connection with the Royal Society, he became a close enough friend of Sir Hans Sloane to expect that he might have been made curator of Sloane’s collection after his death, an expectation in which he was let down in as he was passed over for the role.
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Mar 3, 2008 · Peter Collinson was an English Quaker merchant, a woollen draper, botanist, patron of plant collectors and an author, active in the 18th century.
