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Georg Dionysius Ehret

? 1710 - 1770

Born

30 January 1708 or 09 September 1710

Erfurt or Heidelberg, Germany

Died

09 September 1770

Chelsea, London

Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
19/05/1757
Fields of Interest
Botany
Relationships
Son of George Ehret, gardener to the Kurfurst of Baden-Durlach; married Susannah Kennet, daughter of a Southwark baker and sister of the wife of Philip Miller (FRS 1729); his grand-daughter Ann Grover married John Dickinson FRS (1782-1869) the paper manufacturer of Hemel Hempstead; his great-granddaughter Harriet Ann Dickinson married John Evans FRS (1823-1908): their eldest son was Sir Arthur Evans FRS, the discoverer of Knossos

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