William Cattley

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William Cattley (1788 - 1835) fue un comerciante y horticultor inglés. rdf:langString
William Cattley (* 1788; † 8. August 1835 in Barnet) war ein englischer Händler tropischer Pflanzen. Bekannt wurde er durch seine Sammlung von Orchideen. Er ist Namensgeber der Orchideengattung Cattleya. rdf:langString
William Cattley (1788 – 8 August 1835) was a British merchant and horticulturist. He was significantly involved with the trade between Britain and Russia, including the importation of grain (generically called "corn") to England. He also collected, and had others collect on his behalf, plants from locations throughout the world. He was particularly fond of orchids. William Cattley died at his home, "Cattley Close", Wood Street, in Barnet on 8 August 1835. A blue plaque has been placed on the house which says: William Cattley, Botanist, 1788-1835, lived in this house. rdf:langString
rdf:langString William Cattley
rdf:langString William Cattley
rdf:langString William Cattley
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xsd:date 1835-08-08
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xsd:date 1835-08-08
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rdf:langString William Cattley (* 1788; † 8. August 1835 in Barnet) war ein englischer Händler tropischer Pflanzen. Bekannt wurde er durch seine Sammlung von Orchideen. Er ist Namensgeber der Orchideengattung Cattleya. Im Jahr 1819 erhielt Cattley eine Lieferung von Pflanzen aus Brasilien, die auch Exemplare von Orchideen umfasste. Cattley gelang es, ein Jahr später eine dieser Orchideen erfolgreich zum Blühen zu bringen. Sein Freund, der Orchideenforscher John Lindley ehrte ihn, indem er die ganze Gattung Cattleya nach ihm benannte. Lindley war bei Cattley angestellt, um seine Sammlung zu katalogisieren und zu illustrieren. Cattleys Orchidee war nicht die erste, die in England ankam, aber sie hatte wohl den größten Einfluss auf die weitere Orchideenzucht in England und Europa. Hiernach wurden unzählige Orchideen an ihrem ursprünglichen Standort geraubt und nach Europa geschickt.
rdf:langString William Cattley (1788 - 1835) fue un comerciante y horticultor inglés.
rdf:langString William Cattley (1788 – 8 August 1835) was a British merchant and horticulturist. He was significantly involved with the trade between Britain and Russia, including the importation of grain (generically called "corn") to England. He also collected, and had others collect on his behalf, plants from locations throughout the world. He was particularly fond of orchids. Cattley was born in Garlickhythe ('garlic dock'), City of London, to a large merchant family. Many of Cattley's factors were members of his extended family, for example his cousin John Prescott headed up the firm's offices in St. Petersburg from which he ran the Russian side of the trade. Prescott was an enthusiastic collector of plants, and forwarded large numbers back to England for Cattley. In 1818 Cattley was unpacking a shipment that he had received from Brazil. Among the various materials he found un-preposessing tendrils which might be an orchid, so he nurtured it back to health and it turned out to be the beautiful orchid, which John Lindley named in Cattley's honour as Cattleya labiata (the "corsage orchid"). The year previously William Swainson had discovered the orchid in the wild in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco and dispatched a specimen along with other plants to Cattley via the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. To help with his collection Cattley had hired John Lindley to draw, describe and catalog the novel plants in his garden at Barnet. Cattley paid for the publication of Lindley's monograph on digitalis, Digitalium Monographia, and later for Lindley’s Collectanea Botanica (1821) a catalogue of Cattley’s plant collection. However, after 1821 due to financial reverses, Cattley was no longer able to pay Lindley a salary. William Cattley died at his home, "Cattley Close", Wood Street, in Barnet on 8 August 1835. A blue plaque has been placed on the house which says: William Cattley, Botanist, 1788-1835, lived in this house.
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