Image: Memorial for John Sibthorp in Bath Abbey (Bath, Somerset)
Description: Memorial for John Sibthorp, Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford, who died at Bath on the 8th February 1796, aged 38. The bas-relief sculpture is by John Flaxman. The inscription (in Latin) reads: JUXTA TUMULATUS EST/ JOHANNES SIBTHORP M.D. R.S.S./ BOTANICES/ IN ACADEMIA OXONIENSI/ PROFESSOR./ RERUM NATURALIUM INVESTIGATIONI/ PER VITAM BREVEM DEDITUS/ PHYTOLOGIÆ IN PRIMIS AMANTISSIMUS/ REGIONES LONGINQUITATE AC METU/ PEREGRINANTIBUS TANTUM NON IMPERVIAS/ ADVERSA DISSUANDENTE VALETUDINE/ OBSTANTIBUS INSUPER EX OMNI PARTE PERICULIS/ EXPLORAVIT/ ITINERIS MOLESTARUM PLENI/ QUOD PER GRÆCIAM NUPER CONFECERAT/ LABORE OPPRESSUS/ OBIIT BATHONÆ/ DIE OCTAVO FEBRUARII/ ANNO ÆTATIS SUÆ TRICESIMO OCTAVO/ CHRISTI MDCCXCVI.
Title: Memorial for John Sibthorp in Bath Abbey (Bath, Somerset)
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Author: Michael Day
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