WILLIAM TURNER


William Turner
William Turner
  • Born:
  • Died: July 13, 1568
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Scientist

William Turner MA was an English divine and reformer, a physician and a natural historian. He has been called "The father of English botany." He studied medicine in Italy, and was a friend of the great Swiss naturalist, Conrad Gessner. He was an early herbalist and ornithologist, and it is in these fields that the most interest lies today.