John Tradescant the Elder
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John Tradescant the Elder, father of John Tradescant the Younger, was an English naturalist, gardener, collector and traveller. On 18 June 1607 he married Elizabeth Day of Meopham in Kent, England. She had been baptised on 22 August 1586 and was the daughter of Jeames Day, also of Meopham.
John Tradescant the Elder (portrait attributed to Cornelis de Neve
Engraving of John Tradescant the Elder by Wenceslas Hollar
John Tradescant the Younger
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John Tradescant the Younger, son of John Tradescant the Elder, was a botanist and gardener. The standard author abbreviation Trad. is applied to species he described.
John Tradescant the Younger, attributed to Thomas de Critz
Tomb in the garden of the deconsecrated church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, next to the entrance of Lambeth Palace. London
Portrait by William Dobson, circa 1720