

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Life & Science of John Clayton: Virginia's First Flora
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 08 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for an engaging first-person presentation, Richard Cheatham becomes John Clayton, the 18th-century scientist whose work produced Virginia’s first and only Flora for more than 250 years. Clayton recounts his life's passion, his adventures into the wilderness, his scientific achievements, and friendships with leading minds of the Enlightenment, including Benjamin Franklin and Carl Linnaeus. The result is a colorful, entertaining, and enlightening encounter with one of America’s most important—and least known—early scientists.

This program is hosted and sponsored by the Gloucester Woman's Club &amp; Gloucester250 Committee
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/gloucester/the-life-and-science-of-john-clayton-virginias-first-flora/200029495034113
- **Event Categories**: trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 85

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Gloucester
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Gloucester Woman's Club at the Historic Edge Hill House
- **lat**: 37.41396
- **long**: -76.52631
- **full address**: Gloucester Woman's Club at the Historic Edge Hill House, 6609 Main St, Gloucester, VA 23061-5194, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Gloucester Woman's Club at the Historic Edge Hill House  (https://allevents.in/org/gloucester-womans-club-at-the-historic-edge-hill-house/27188442)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 08 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Gloucester Woman's Club at the Historic Edge Hill House, 6609 Main St, Gloucester, VA 23061-5194, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Gloucester Woman's Club at the Historic Edge Hill House
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** trips-adventures
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Life & Science of John Clayton: Virginia's First Flora ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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