What did William Penn have to do with botany?

Anonymous2008-12-16T09:35:57Z

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William Penn pronounced Philadelphia as a "Greene Country Towne" in 1682. This statement was taken seriously by the University of Pennsylvania in 1768. U of P established the first Department of Botany at a university in the US.

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