May 10, 2022 John Hope, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli, Francis Younghusband, Lemon, Love & Olive Oil by Mina Stone, and Polly Park

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1725 Birth of John Hope, botanist, professor, and founder of the Royal Garden in Edinburgh.

John produced considerable work on plant classification and physiology. He was appointed the King's botanist for Scotland and superintendent of the Royal Garden in Edinburgh.

At the time, Edinburgh was the place to study medicine, and all medical students had to take botany courses. John created a school for botanists…