Samuel Gilbert | |
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| Rector ofQuatt | |
 Portrait byRobert White (1683) | |
| Diocese | Hereford |
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| Died | c. 1692 |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Minerva Rea (m.) |
Samuel Gilbert (diedc. 1692) was an English cleric, writer on horticulture, and floriculturist.
Gilbert was chaplain to Jane, wife ofCharles Gerard, 4th Baron Gerard ofGerards Bromley, and rector ofQuatt inShropshire. He seems to have lived with his father-in-lawJohn Rea, who died in 1681, atKinlet, Shropshire, nearBewdley. The date of his death is uncertain.[1]
In 1676 Gilbert published a pamphlet entitledFons Sanitatis, or the Healing Spring atWillowbridge inStaffordshire, found out by … Lady Jane Gerard, London, pp. 40, some of the cures recorded in which work are attested by himself. It has therefore been suggested that he also practised as a physician.[2]
After the death of Rea, in 1681, he also published theFlorist's Vademecum and Gardener's Almanack, 1683, subsequent editions of which appeared in 1690, 1693, 1702, and 1713. The work is arranged according to the months, and to the second edition are added various appendices and a portrait of the author, engraved byRobert White, which was reproduced in theJournal of Horticulture.[1]
Gilbert speaks of his father-in-law as the greatest of florists; and, as his own writings contain many verses, it has been suggested that he also composed those in Rea'sFlora, Ceres, and Pomona, 1676.[2]
Gilbert married Minerva, daughter of John Rea. They had one son, Arden, and four or five daughters.[3]
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