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The year
1717 in
science
and
technology
involved few significant events.
Biology
Thomas Fairchild
, a
nurseryman
at
Hoxton
in the
East End of London
, becomes the first person to produce a successful scientific plant
hybrid
,
Dianthus Caryophyllus barbatus
, known as "Fairchild's Mule".
[1]
James Petiver
publishes
Papilionum Brittaniae Icones
, the first book devoted exclusively to British
butterflies
, giving
English
names to a number of species.
[2]
Births
June 5 –
Emanuel Mendes da Costa
,
English
botanist (died
1791
)
June 28 –
Matthew Stewart
,
Scottish
mathematician (died
1785
)
September 11 –
Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin
,
Swedish
astronomer
(died
1783
)
November 16 –
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
,
French
mathematician
(died 1783)
Pierre Le Roy
, French
clockmaker
(died 1785)
Wilhelm Friedrich von Gleichen
, German microscopist (died 1783)
Deaths
January 13 –
Maria Sibylla Merian
,
German
-born
naturalist
(born
1647
)
[3]
March 8 –
Abraham Darby I
,
English
ironmaster
(born
1678
)
References
^
The Gentle Author (2011-07-02).
"Thomas Fairchild, Gardener of Hoxton"
.
Spitalfields Life
. Retrieved
2015-11-16
.
^
Salmon, Michael A. (2000).
The Aurelian Legacy: British butterflies and their collectors
. Colchester: Basil Harley. pp. 103–105.
ISBN
0-946589-40-2
.
^
"Maria Sibylla Merian - Life, Facts, & Works"
.
Encyclopedia Britannica
. Retrieved
4 April
2018
.
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