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A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHERARD. 
By B. Darvon Jackson, F.L.S. 
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“Consul GutreLmus SHERrarpvs, agnomine apud Botanicos Maenvs, dum ' 
suam vitam, seipsum & omnia sua Rei Herbarie consecravit, immortalem apud 
Botanicos obtinuit gloriam, que perennabit virens & florens dum vivert & florent 
plant.” —Linneus, Hort. Cuff. dedic 
_ Tue whole life of William Sherard was so intimately connected 
with that of the leading men of science in his day, thata compre- 
a Sate ay Cd Th an 
ed to correct cert: rrors whi pe the accounts tha 
have come under my notice, apparently copied from one b 
another, without reference to the sources of information, and to supply 
S. in the British Museum, which contain nearly eighty 
Sherard himself, and many more from his contemporaries ; 
> president of the College, for his kindness in transcribing for my 
_ ‘Use all the passages in the College books relating to Sherard ; Professor 
Lawson for facilities afforded for inspection of the Sherardian relics ; 
and the Council of the Royal Society, for permitting me to peruse the 
e-mentioned correspondence. Rae 
William Sherard was born at Bushby, a small village in Leices- 
aishire, on February 27, 1658-9, being the eldest son of George 
of Twood, or Sherwood, gentleman, by Mary, his second wife, both 
Whom died at an advanced age. John Ray at this time was t - 
Saree old, and whilst Humanity Read d Mathematical Lecturer 
: aa y Reader and Mathematic 
. Beta ty College, Cambridge, was diligently working at English 
Ptige, a the first result appeared the following year, in the ‘‘ Cata- 
lan circa Cantabrigiam nascentium.” Sherard was 
s, the leave commencing from 2 d 
is no record of when he became a Fellow; it may 
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