“Anything that Is Strang”: Normality, Deviance, and the Tradescants’ Collecting Legacy

Perspectives on Science 23 (3):335-360 (2015)
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John Tradescant the Elder was probably born in England in the 1570s. The earliest known historical record of his life documents his marriage to Elizabeth Day, at Meopham on 18 June 1607.1 A long career working as gardener in the service of England’s nobility—among his employers were Robert and William Cecil, Edward Wotton, and George Villiers —provided numerous opportunities for travel abroad in pursuit of the exotic species for which his eminent employers clamored. As a result of his voyages, Tradescant not only imported hundreds of plant varieties for his clients, but also amassed thousands of artefacts and other..

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