William Darlington (1782 - 1863)
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Biography
Selected publications
Biography
1782 April 28, born on the family farm, near the village of Dilworth (now Dilworthstown, Chester County, Pennsylvania)
works on the family farm
tutored by John Forsythe
studies medicine under John Vaughn of Wilmington, Delaware
1804 earns M.D. from University of Pennsylvania, is surgeon on a ship to Calcutta
1808 marries Catherine Lacey
1812 drafted for the war; appointed major, but sees no action
Darlington is the first American botanical biographer, and the author of two Floras of Chester County, Pennsylvania. He's not one of the great-greats of science, but he knew all the American ones, and wrote about them, and contributed solid work of his own.
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Selected Publications
William Darlington (1826) Florula Cestrica (A little Flora of Chester County)
William Darlington (1837) Flora Cestrica (Plants of Chester County)
William Darlington (1843) Reliquiae Baldwinianae (Memories of Baldwin)A biography of John Baldwin and collection of Baldwin's writings
William Darlington (1849) Memorials of John Bartram and Humphry Marshall
William Darlington (1859) American Weeds and Useful Plants
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