- Wikipedia: Theophrastus
User-generated article about Theophrastus, one of the earliest writers whose botanical treatises laid foundation to present day taxonomy. His book The Characters delineates one of the invaluable pictures of his time.
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- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Theophrastus (d. 287 BCE)
Greek philosopher of the Peripatetic school, and immediate successor of Aristotle in leadership of the Lyceum.
www.utm.edu/research/iep/t/theophra.htm
- History of Horticulture: Theophrastus 372-288 B.C.
Greek philosopher, regarded as the founder of botany, whose botanical works are the earliest of their kind in world literature.
www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hort/history/009.html
- Project Theophrastus
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