Bartram, Isaac

John Bartram (1699-1777) was one of the towering figures of American botany during the 18th century, and founder of the longest-lived and most significant botanical gardens in the middle colonies. A committed Quaker, self-taught, Bartram established an international reputation in the field, earning notice for his acuity in locating, raising and describing the flora of the American colonies, as well as for his moral stance against war and slavery.

John Bartram had two sons, Richard and Isaac, by his first wife, and five sons and four daughters by his second wife. Upon John's death in 1777, the 38-year-old William followed in his father's shoes,

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