John Lightfoot FRS

John Lightfoot FRS

The Reverend John Lightfoot (1735-1788) was an English conchologist and botanist.

Lightfoot was the chaplain and librarian of Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland. He was the author of "Flora Scotica" (2 vols, 1777) and "An Account of Some Minute British Shells, Either not Duly Observed, or Totally Unnoticed by Authors" (1786).

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* [http://www.linnean.org/index.php?id=62 The Linnean Society of London]


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