Harris Stephen A, Anstey Peter R
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX13RB, UK.
Stud Hist Philos Biol Biomed Sci. 2009 Dec;40(4):256-64. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2009.09.003. Epub 2009 Nov 3.
This paper gives a detailed analysis of four seed lists in the journals of John Locke. These lists provide a window into a fascinating open network of botanical exchange in the early 1680s which included two of the leading botanists of the day, Pierre Magnol of Montpellier and Jacob Bobart the Younger of Oxford. The provenance and significance of the lists are assessed in relation to the relevant extant herbaria and plant catalogues from the period. The lists and associated correspondence provide the main evidence for Locke's own important, though modest contribution to early modern botany, a contribution which he would have regarded as a small part of the broader project of constructing a natural history of plants. They also provide a detailed case study of the sort of open and informal network of knowledge exchange in the early modern period that is widely recognised by historians of science, but all too rarely illustrated.
本文对约翰·洛克著作中的四份种子清单进行了详细分析。这些清单为洞察17世纪80年代早期一个迷人的开放式植物交流网络提供了一扇窗口，该网络包括当时两位杰出的植物学家，蒙彼利埃的皮埃尔·马尼奥尔和牛津的小雅各布·博巴特。结合该时期相关现存的植物标本集和植物目录，对这些清单的出处及重要性进行了评估。这些清单及相关信件为洛克本人对早期现代植物学所做的虽不突出但却重要的贡献提供了主要证据，他会将这一贡献视为构建植物自然史这一更广泛项目的一小部分。它们还提供了一个详细的案例研究，呈现了早期现代时期那种开放且非正式的知识交流网络，这种网络虽被科学史学家广泛认可，但却极少有实例说明。
