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Philip Miller FRS (1691 – 18 December 1771) was an English botanist and gardener of Scottish descent. Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden for nearly 50 years from 1722, and wrote the highly popular The Gardeners Dictionary.
Esteemed Scottish horticulturalist and botanist at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Philip Miller's expertise was made widely available in his renowned Gardeners Dictionary, published in editions from 1731 to 1768, while his students went on to establish the botanic gardens of Kew and Cambridge.
The Gardeners Dictionary was a widely cited reference series, written by Philip Miller (1691–1771), which tended to focus on plants cultivated in England. Eight editions of the series were published in his lifetime. After his death, it was further developed by George Don as A general system of gardening and botany.
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Philip Miller was one of the most important English botanists in the eighteenth century, serving for 50 years as chief gardener of the Chelsea Physic Garden. Miller corresponded with a large number of botanists across Europe and in the Americas, introducing new and exotic species to Britain.
Botanist gardener horticulturist scientist writer. Philip Miller was a British botanist of Scottish descent. He was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722.
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