Adam Buddle was an English cleric and botanist.
Born at Deeping St James

Deeping St James

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, a small village near Peterborough

Peterborough

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, Buddle was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge

St Catharine's College, Cambridge

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, where he gained a BA

Bachelor of Arts

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 in 1681, and an MA four years later. Buddle was eventually ordained into the Church of England

Church of England

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, obtaining a living at North Fambridge

North Fambridge

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, near Maldon

Maldon, Essex

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, Essex

Essex

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, in 1703. His life between graduation and ordination

Ordination

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 remains obscure, although it is known he lived in or around Hadleigh, Suffolk, that he established a reputation as an authority on bryophytes, and that he married Elizabeth Eveare in 1695, with whom he had two children. Buddle compiled a new English Flora, completed in 1708, but it was never published; the original manuscript is preserved as part of the Sloane

Hans Sloane

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 collection at the Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum

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, London

London

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. Appointed Reader at Gray's Inn

Gray's Inn

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 chapel, Buddle died there in 1715 and was buried at the church of St Andrew, Holborn

St Andrew, Holborn

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Buddle was commemorated by Linnaeus, who named the genus Buddleja

Buddleja

Buddleja, often misspelled Buddleia but commonly known as the Butterfly Bush, is a genus of flowering plants. The generic name bestowed by Linnaeus honours the Reverend Adam Buddle , a botanist and rector in Essex, England, but who could never have seen a plant of the genus.-Classification:The...

in his honour.