John Claudius Loudon

John Claudius Loudon was a Scottish botanist, garden designer, and author, born in Cambuslang in 1782. He was the first to use the term arboretum in writing to refer to a garden of plants, especially trees, collected for the purpose of scientific study.

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Who was born first?

• John Claudius Loudon and Félicité de La Mennais were born the same year
• John Claudius Loudon was born 1 year after Karl Friedrich Schinkel
• John Claudius Loudon was born 1 year after Karl Christian Friedrich Krause
• John Claudius Loudon was born 1 year before Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig
• John Claudius Loudon was born 1 year after Andrés Bello

Timeline

1. Andrés BelloNovember 29, 1781 – October 15, 1865
2. Karl Christian Friedrich KrauseMay 6, 1781 – September 27, 1832
3. Karl Friedrich SchinkelMarch 13, 1781 – October 9, 1841
4. Félicité de La MennaisJune 19, 1782 – February 27, 1854
5. John Claudius Loudon (this page)April 8, 1782 – December 14, 1843
6. Nikolaj Frederik Severin GrundtvigSeptember 8, 1783 – September 2, 1872

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