John Ray, 17th-century botanist who coined words petal and pollen, was a tutor at Cambridge when he created his first garden He coined the terms petal and pollen, helped to lay the foundations of modern biology and is widely regarded as the greatest English naturalist of the 17th century. But it...

Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/18/cambridge-experts-recreate-336-year-old-garden-to-commemorate-father-of-natural-history)

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