Georg Dionysius Ehret ( ? 1710 - 1770 )

Birth Place: Erfurt or Heidelberg, Germany (30 January 1708 or 09 September 1710) Death: Chelsea, London (09 September 1770) Research Field: Botany Career: Dr Christopher Trew (FRS 1746) bought two of his pictures for 4,000 gulder, which Ehret used to funds his travels; employed by Bernard de Jussieu (FRS 1727) in Paris; met Linnaeus in Holland; came to England and obtained the patronage of Dr Richard Mead (FRS 1703) and Sir Hans Sloane (FRS 1685) (1740); the genus Ehretia was named after him Membership: Fellow Election Date: 19/05/1757.