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4 Sept., 1794. F.E.S. Papers on growth on trees in Phil. 

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Martin, George Anne (1807 ?-67) : b. 1807; d. Ventnor, 7 Jan., 

 1867. Of Ventnor. P.B.S. Edin., 1836. M.D. Bdin., 1837. 

 ' Undercliff of I. of Wight," 1849. Jacks. 254 ; Trans. Bot. 

 Soc. Edin. ix. 90. 



Martin, John (1783 ?-1855) : b. Tyldesley, Lane, 1783?; d. 

 Tyldesley, 18 Aug., 1855. Hand-loom weaver. "An accurate 

 botanist," Sir W. J. Hooker. Phyt. i. 199 ; Cash, 108 ; Bux- 

 ton, Bot. Guide Manchester, xxiv. 



Martin, William (1767-1810) : b. Mansfield, Notts., 1767 ; d. 

 1810. P.L.S., 1796. 'PetrificataDerbiensia,' 1809. 



Martyn, John (1699-1768) : b. London, 1699 ; d. Chelsea, 29 

 Jan., 1768; bur. Chelsea Churchyard. P.E.S., 1727. Prac- 

 tised medicine in Bishopsgate, 1727-30 ; and in Chelsea, 

 1780-52. Professor of Bot., Cambridge, 1733-61. Friend 

 of Dr. Sherard, 1719. ' Bavins ' of Garth's Dispensary. 

 Translated Tournefort's ' History of pi. about Paris,' 1720. 

 Pounded Bot. Soc, Lond., 1721-6. Lectured in London, 

 1729. ' Methodus pi. circa Cantabrigiam,' 1727. ' Historia 

 pi. rarior.' 1728-32. Herbarium bequeathed to Cambridge 

 Univ. Vol. of correspondence in Bot. Dept., Brit. Mus. 

 Pult. ii. 207; Eees; Pritz. 206; Jacks. 578; Memoir by 

 Thomas Martyn, 1770 ; Gorham. Martynia. 



Martyn, Rev. Thomas (1786 ?-1825) : b. Chelsea, 1736 ? ; d. 

 Pertenhall, Cambridge, 3 June, 1825. Son of preceding. 

 B.A. Camb., 1756; M.A., 1759; B.D., 1766; F.E.S., 1786; 

 F.L.S., 1788. Prof. Bot., Cambridge, 1762. ' Plants Can- 

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 1792-4. Edited Miller's Dictionary, 1803-7. Pritz. 207; 

 Jacks. 578; E. S. C. iv. 270; Gorham; Nioh. Anecd. iii. 

 156 ; Nich. lUust. v. 752 ; Gent. Mag. xcv. ii. 85 ; Journ. 

 Hort. xxi. 1876, 76, with portr. Painting by Eussel, engr. 

 by Vendramini, 1799, in Thornton's Botany, also engraved 

 by HoU, 1799. Copy at Kew. 



Mason (fl. 1696). Surgeon. Sent plants from Angola to Petiver, 

 (Mus. Pet. n. 176). Herb. Sloane, xxxii. pp. 99-118. 



Mason, Rev. Francis (1799-1874) : b. York, 2 April, 1799 ; d. 

 Eangoon, Burma, 3 March, 1874. D.D., Brown University. 

 In United States, 1818-30. Missionary in Burma from 1830. 

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 iv. 276 ; ' Story of a working-man's life ' (autobiog.), 1870 ; 

 Eipley and Dana, Americ. Cyclop. 



Mason, Nathaniel Haslope (d. I860?). P.L.S., 1856, Col- 

 lected in Madeira, 1856. Published sets of Madeira Perns. 



Masson, Francis (1741-1805 or 6) : b. Aberdeen, Aug., 1741 ; 

 d. Montreal, Dec, 1805, or Jan., 1806. F.L.S., 1796. Gar- 

 dener. First collector sent out from Kew. To the Cape, 

 1772-8 ; the Canaries and Azores, 1778 ; the Cape and in- 

 terior, with Thunberg, 1786-95 ; New York and Montreal, 

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