| Authorised form of name | Ehret; Georg Dionysius (? 1710 - 1770); botanical illustrator |
| Dates | ? 1710 - 1770 |
| Place of birth | Erfurt or Heidelberg, Germany |
| Date of birth | 30 January 1708 or 09 September 1710 |
| Place of death | Chelsea, London |
| Date of death | 09 September 1770 |
| Research field | Botany |
| Activity | 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
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 19/05/1757 |
| Relationships | Son of George Ehret, gardener to the Kurfurst of Baden-Durlach; married Susannah Kennet, daughter of a Southwark baker and sister of the wife of Philip Miller (FRS 1729); his grand-daughter Ann Grover married John Dickinson FRS (1782-1869) the paper manufacturer of Hemel Hempstead; his great-granddaughter Harriet Ann Dickinson married John Evans FRS (1823-1908): their eldest son was Sir Arthur Evans FRS, the discoverer of Knossos |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
Ruth Stungo, 'Recording the Aloes at Chelsea - a Singular Solution to a Difficult Problem' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 47-57
Ruth Stungo;' Portraying Plants; botanical illustrators at The Chelsea Physic Garden'. 1995 Tracts 846/5
Gerta Calmann; 'EHRET: Flower Painter Extraordinary' 1977 Biog EHR-large
Colin Murdoch; 'G.D.Ehret, botanical artist; a tribute to his genius'. 1970 Tracts 743/3
WL Tjaden; 'Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770) flower painter supreme'. 1970 Tracts 755/7
Notes:
DSB gives birth date of 30 January 1708 and birth place as Heidelberg. |
| Code | NA7911 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/001262 | Ehret, Georg Dionysius | 2001 |
| IM/001258 | Ehret, Georg Dionysius | 2003 |
| IM/005722 | Ehret, Georg Dionysius | nd |
| IM/001260 | Ehret, Georg Dionysius | 2000 |
| L&P/4/157 | Paper, 'Of a new Peruvian plant' by Georg Dionysius Ehret | 1763 |
| L&P/4/370 | Paper, 'On andrachne' by George Dionysius Ehret | 1767 |
| IM/001257 | Ehret, Georg Dionysius | nd |
| IM/001259 | Ehret, Georg Dionysius | 2000 |
| EC/1757/05 | Ehret, Georg Dionysius: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/911 | Watercolour collection of Gordon (Tony) Fogg | 18th Century-20th Century |
| MS/668 | Aloe paintings by Georg Dionysius Ehret and Jacobus van Huysum | 1737 |
| L&P/4/152 | Paper, 'Of a species of Ophrys probably that names by Gronovius in the Flora Virginica' by Georg Dionysius Ehret | 1763 |