1667 - 1729
Thomas Fairchild (gardener) British Botanist
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| First Name |
Thomas
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| Last Name |
Fairchild
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1666
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| Died |
10th October, 1729
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
gardener
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| Occupation |
Botanist
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Thomas Fairchild (? 1667 – 10 October 1729) was an English gardener, "the leading nurseryman of his day", working in London.
He corresponded with Carl Linnæus, and helped by experiments to establish the existence of sex in plants, then still denied by most botanists.
In 1716-17 he was the first person to scientifically produce an artificial hybrid, Dianthus Caryophyllus barbatus, known as "Fairchild's Mule", a cross between a Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) and a Carnation pink.
He did this by taking pollen from the Sweet William with a feather, and brushing it onto the stigma of the Carnation pink.
The cross was made in summer 1716, the new plant appearing the next spring.
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