Robert Sweet (botanist)

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Tulips by Edwin Dalton Smithfrom "The British Flower Garden" by Robert Sweet
Tulips by Edwin Dalton Smith
from "The British Flower Garden" by Robert Sweet

Robert Sweet (1783–20 January 1835) was an English botanist, horticulturist and ornithologist.

Born at Cockington near Torquay, Devonshire, England in 1783, Sweet worked as a gardener from the age of sixteen, and became foreman or partner in a series of nurseries. He was associated with nurseries at Stockwell, Fulham and Chelsea. In 1812 he joined Colvills, the famous Chelsea nursery, and was elected a fellow of the Linnean Society. By 1818 he was publishing horticultural and botanical works.

He published a number of beautifully illustrated works on plants cultivatd in British gardens and hothouses. The fine plates were mainly drawn by Edwin Dalton Smith, a botanical artist, who was attached to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. His works include Hortus Suburbanus Londinensis (1818), Geraniaceae (five volumes) (1820–30), Cistineae, Sweet's Hortus Britannicus (1826–27), Flora Australasica (1827–28) and British Botany (with H. Weddell) (1831). He died at Chelsea, London in January 1835.

He was charged with receiving a batch of plants allegedly stolen from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. It was suggested that this was an attempt to frame him by an official at Kew whom Sweet had criticised. He was acquitted after a well-publicised trial.

Robert Sweet received high praise from his contemporaries at his trial and was described as possibly the first practical botanist.

  • The British Flower Garden : coloured figures & descriptions of the most ornamental & curious hardy herbaceous plants Robert Sweet, drawings by Edwin Dalton Smith. (W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, London 1823-1829)
  • British Warblers

The standard author abbreviation Sweet is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.

Sweet is the author of a number of plants, including:

Persondata
NAME Sweet, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION botanist
DATE OF BIRTH 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH Cockington, Devonshire, England
DATE OF DEATH 20 January 1835
PLACE OF DEATH Chelsea, London
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