Charles Hatton

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Charles Hatton (11 November 1635–after January 1708) was an English botanist and horticulturalist. He was the second son of Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton, and the younger brother of Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton.[1]

As a younger son, Charles did not have the family advantages of his brother, and was active as a botanist. Paolo Boccone dedicated his Icones & descriptiones rariorum plantarum to him in 1674.[2] He also collaborated with Robert Morison on Plantarum historiae universalis Oxoniensis.[3]

Hatton also took a strong interest in the preservation of books and manuscripts. He praised

Canterbury Tales,[5] which are now given the shelfmark 'MS. Hatton Donat.'[6]

References

  1. ^ Turner, H. D. (1965). "Charles Hatton: A younger son" (PDF). Northamptonshire Past and Present. 3 (6): 255–261.
  2. ^ Boccone, Paolo (1674). Icones et descriptiones rariorum plantarum (in Latin). Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre.
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  5. ^ Dunning, Andrew (August 2022). "MS. Hatton donat. 1". Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries.
  6. ^ Macray, William Dunn (1890). Annals of The Bodleian Library, Oxford: with a notice of the earlier library of the university. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 142.
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