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John Gerard was born 4 October 1564, the second son of Sir Thomas Gerard of Bryn Hall, and Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Port of Derbyshire. In 1569, when John Gerard was five years old, his father was imprisoned for plotting the rescue of Mary, Queen of Scots, from Tutbury Castle. His release in 1571 may have been influenced ...
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 ...
- The book Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes
- Botany
- 1545, Nantwich, Cheshire, England
- St Andrews, Holborn
John Gerard was an English herbalist, author of The Herball, or generall historie of plantes (1597). In 1562 Gerard went to London to become an apprentice to a barber-surgeon and, after seven years, was granted permission to establish his own practice.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 28, 2014 · John Gerard was born to Sir Thomas Gerard and his wife Elizabeth (née Port) on October 4, 1564 at Etwall, Derbyshire; he later dwelt at Bryn Hall, Lancashire. The young Gerard matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in December of 1575. Because they attempted to force him to take the Anglican sacrament, he withdrew from Oxford.
Gerard, JOHN, Jesuit; b. October 4, 1564; d. July 27, 1637. He is well known through his autobiography, a fascinating record of dangers and adventures, of captures and escapes, of trials and consolations. The narrative is all the more valuable because it sets before us the kind of life led by priests, wherever the peculiar features of the ...
A web page about the second edition of the Herball, a translation and revision of a Flemish botanical work by John Gerard, a sixteenth-century English herbalist. The page describes the title page, which features allegorical figures, biblical quotes, and illustrations of various plants.
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John Gerard (4 October 1564 – 27 July 1637) was a priest of the Society of Jesus who operated a secret ministry of the underground Catholic Church in England during the Elizabethan era. He was born into the English nobility as the second son of Sir Thomas Gerard at Old Bryn Hall, near Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire.
