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Benjamin Smith Barton (1766-1815)

Philadelphia County · dedicated 2004 · 712 Arch Street, Philadelphia (subsequent research has found 726 Arch to be the actual site of Barto

Physician, professor of natural history and botany at the University of Pennsylvania. Author of first American botany textbook. In 1803, he taught natural history to Meriwether Lewis in preparation for Lewis & Clark Expedition, 1803-1806. He lived here.

Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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