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title 's '' herball '' page of johnson 's 1633 edition of gerard 1644 hampshire selby , yorkshire , england 280px english john gerard 's '' herball '' , expanded 1595 -- 1600 gerard 's herball , 1633 , title page.jpg thomas johnson -lrb- botanist -rrb-
 thomas johnson apothecary , botanist
thomas johnson -lrb- botanist -rrb-

thomas johnson -lrb- died 1644 -rrb- was an english botanist , and a royalist colonel in the english civil war .
he has been called the `` father of british field botany '' .
