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Last Name Ellis
Given Name John
alt. Names J. E. ;
Marriage
Children 3
Year born 1710 about
Year died 1776
Place of death London
Father's occupation
Relatives Henry Ellis (1721-1806)
Education
Country of Activity United Kingdom
Worked for his own books: Essay Towards a Natural History of Corallines ( 1755) ; Directions for bringing over seeds & plants from East Indies (1771) ; An Historical Account of Coffee, with Engr. & Botanical Description (London 1774) ;
Patronage
Collaborators James Fivey ; Charles Brooking (1723-1759) ;
Techniques botanical and natural drawing and engraving
Sample(s)
Archival sources http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ellis_(Naturforscher)
Published sources Nissen: Botan. Buchillustration 1966 ; Julius Groner: J. E .- Merchant, microscopist, naturalist & king's agent (Pacific Grove 1996) ;
other Further Place of Actitivity: The United States.
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