Richard Pulteney

Richard Pulteney by P. Roberts, published 1805 (after Thomas Beach, 1788).

Richard Pulteney (17 February 1730 – 13 October 1801) was an English physician and botanist. He was a promoter of Linnaean taxonomy, and authored the first English language biography of Carl Linnaeus, entitled A General View of the Writings of Linnaeus. He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School, and a school house was named after him.

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