Martyn. 209 
where, on the death of Bradley^ he was 
chofen Profeflbr of Botany ; and continued 
to give ledures for feveral years, until the 
want of a garden, and his long abfence 
from the bufinefs of phyfic, which he had 
engaged in, rendered it incommodious to 
him. 
in 1727, t)r. Martyn was admitted a 
member of the Royal Society > and was fa 
aftive in the committee for regulating the 
library and mufeum, in 173 1# that he had 
his bond for annual payment cancelled by^ 
an order of council, as an acknowledgment 
of his fervices. 
In 1730, he was adimitted of Emanuel 
College, with an intention to have pro- 
ceeded regularly with the degrees in phyfic ; 
but his marriage, and his attention to the 
pradlice of the profeflion, prevented him 
from finifliing his defign. In the mean 
time, he read leftures in Botany and the 
Materia Medica^ both at Cambridge and in 
London^ in the years 173.0 and 1731. In 
the beginning of the year 1733, he was 
eledled Profeflbr of Botany by the unani- 
mous voice of the univerfity. 
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