Mark Catesby ( 1683 - 1749 )

Birth: Castle Hedingham, Essex, England (24 March 1683) Death: His house in Old Street, London (23 December 1749) Research Field: Natural history Career: Studied natural science in London; voyaged in the New World (1710-1719); returned to England with an exceptional collection of plants, many of which went into Sir Hans Sloane's museum; returned to America with Sloane's assistance (1722); settled in Carolina; returned to England (1726) and prepared for publication his 'Natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands ...', including a new map and illustrations drawn and coloured by Catesby; West Indian genus of shrubs named Catesbaea after him Membership: Fellow Election Date: 26/04/1733.