William Turner was an English divine and reformer, a physician and a natural historian. He has been called "The father of English botany." He studied medicine in Italy, and was a friend of the great Swiss naturalist, Conrad Gessner. Wikipedia
Born: 1508, Morpeth, United Kingdom
Died: July 13, 1568 (age 60 years), London, United Kingdom
Books
A new herball
A New Herball, Wherein are Conteyned the Names of Herbes
Libellus de re herbaria novus
The Art of Spelling and Reading English, With Proper and Useful Lessons for Children, Prayers, Psalms, Hymns, &c. ... By William Turner, M.A. The Second Edition Improved
The Names of Herbes in Greke, Latin, Englishe, Duche & Frenche, Wyth the Commune Names that Herbaries and Apotecaries Use. B.L.
1548
William Turner ; posterbook
1991