John Claudius Loudon (8 April 1783 – 14 December 1843) was a Scottish botanist, garden designer and author. 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. The standard author abbreviation Loudon is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. He worked in collaboration with his wife, Jane, née Webb.
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8 April 1783 Cambuslang
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Died |
14 December 1843 (aged 60) 3 Porchester Terrace, London, England
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Zodiac | Aries |
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