Christopher Merrett

Christopher Merrett or Merret , born the February 16th 1614 with Winchcombe in the Gloucestershire and dead the August 16th 1695 with London, is a Médecin and a British Naturaliste .

After its studies with Oxford, it practices medicine.

The principal work of Merrett is Pinax rerum naturalium britannicarum , published in 1667, which is the first description of English fauna (also including descriptions of fossils or minerals). The goal of Merrett was to replace the Phytologia Britannica, native exhibens indigenarum stirpium sponte emergentium of William How (1650). Merret is not a naturalist of ground but a simple compiler of works, its original intention is to gather useful pharmacological data for the doctor.

Its descriptions are largely based on work of John Jonston (1603-1675) and of Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605). In spite of this reserve, it takes part in the rise of the British natural history by providing a base for its study.

Merrett also publishes some observations on vegetable physiology in the Philosophical Transactions like on the Métallurgie.

It is also known for The Art off Knell (1662), treated preparation of materials for the manufacture of glass. It dedication with Robert Boyle. Merrett became member of the Royal Society the May 20th 1663.

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Bibliographical orientation

Albert J. Koinm (2000). Christopher Merret' S off Uses Experiment, Notes and Records off the Royal Society off London , 54 (1): 23-32.

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