Historical Marker

Benjamin Smith Barton (1766-1815)

712 Arch Street, Philadelphia (subsequent research has found 726 Arch to be the actual site of Barto · Philadelphia · Philadelphia

Pennsylvania marker

Inscription

Physician, professor of natural history and botany at the University of Pennsylvania. Author of first American botany textbook. In 1803, he taught natural history to Meriwether Lewis in preparation for Lewis & Clark Expedition, 1803-1806. He lived here.

Location

Address712 Arch Street, Philadelphia (subsequent research has found 726 Arch to be the actual site of Barto
CityPhiladelphia
CountyPhiladelphia
StatePennsylvania
Coordinates39.953980, -75.150400

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