Morison, ROBERT

Morison, ROBERT, botanist, was a native of Aberdeen, born in 1620. Having borne arms as a royalist in the civil wars, he retired to France when his sovereign's cause collapsed, and took the degree of doctor at Angers (1648). Two years later he became superintendent of the garden formed at Blois by Gaston, Duke of Orleans. After the Restoration he was appointed by Charles II. one of his physicians, 'botanist royal,' and 'professor' of Botany at Oxford. He was knocked down by a coach in London, and died the following day, 10th November 1683. His chief work is Plantarum Historia Universalis Oxoniensis (1680).