Colden

Colden

Colden (spr. Kohld'n, Codwallader), 1) Schotte, geb. 1688, ging als Arzt nach Pennsylvanien, siedelte sich bei New-York an, wurde 1761–1775 Generallieutenant der Provinz New-York, u. gründete mehrere Wohlthätigkeitsanstalten; er starb 1776 in New-York u. schr. u.a.: An explication of de first causes of action in mather and of the cause of gravitation, New-York 1745, n. Aufl. 1751; History of the five Indian nations, Lond. 1745; bes. stand er auch mit Linné in Verbindung. 2) Jenny, Tochter des Vorigen,[251] später an den Arzt Farquhar verheirathet, beschäftigte sich mit Botanik u. beschrieb das Virginicum hypericum.


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