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Knowlton, Thomas

(1691–1781)

Thomas Seccombe
, revised by P. E. Kell

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/15777

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Knowlton, Thomas (1691–1781), gardener and botanist, was born at Chislehurst, Kent, and baptized there on 6 September 1691, the eldest of the five sons of William Knowlton and Ann Stokes. Little is known of his early life. In 1720 he was employed as a gardener by ...

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date: 28 February 2021

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