John Berkenhout, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Berkenhout

British physician, naturalist and writer

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1726

Place of Birth: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-Apr-1791

Profession: naturalist, writer, physician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

John Berkenhout (8 July 1726 – 3 April 1791) was an English physician, naturalist and miscellaneous writer.
He was educated as a physician at Edinburgh and Leyden.
While at Edinburgh he published a botanical lexicon Clavis Anglicae Linguae Botanicae.
He published several works on natural history, including Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland (1769) and Synopsis of the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland (1789).
He served as a British agent in the colonies during the American Revolution.

Thomas Holloway (1748–1827)
Description	British portrait painter and engraver
Date of birth/death	1748	28 February 1827
Location of birth/death	London	Coltishall
Authority control	: Q7790762 VIAF: 32266506 ISNI: 0000 0000 6657 4526 ULAN: 500015192 LCCN: nr94030372 Oxford Dict.: 13576 WorldCat