Culpeper, Nicholas (1616–1654), physician and astrologer, the son of Nicholas Culpeper and his wife, Mary Attersole, was born a little after noon on 18 October 1616, probably at Ockley, Surrey, where he was baptized in St Margaret's Church on 24 October. His father, the rector of ...
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Culpeper, Nicholas (1616–1654), physician and astrologer
Patrick Curry
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Fludd, Robert (bap. 1574, d. 1637), physician and writer on the occult
Ian Maclean
Fludd, Robert (bap. 1574, d. 1637), physician and writer on the occult, was born in Milgate House, Bearsted, Kent, and baptized on 17 January 1574 in Bearsted parish church, the seventh of twelve children of Sir Thomas Fludd (d. 1607), who served the crown in various senior administrative appointments, and his wife, ...
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Gilpin, Richard (1625–1700), nonconformist minister and physician
Jonathan H. Westaway
Gilpin, Richard (1625–1700), nonconformist minister and physician, was born in October 1625 in Strickland Ketel township, Westmorland, and baptized on 23 October in the parish church at Kendal, the second son of Isaac Gilpin (d. in or after 1649) of Strickland and his wife, ...
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Napier, Richard (1559–1634), astrological physician and Church of England clergyman
Jonathan Andrews
Napier, Richard (1559–1634), astrological physician and Church of England clergyman, was born in Exeter on 4 May 1559, the third son of Alexander Napier and his wife, Ann (Agnes) Burchley. Napier's family pedigree involved direct descent from the Scottish Napiers, lairds of Merchiston...
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Poole, Robert (1707/8–1752), physician and theological writer
Jean Loudon
Poole, Robert (1707/8–1752), physician and theological writer, about whose childhood nothing is known, completed his initial education at the Academy of Liberal Arts and Sciences in London. Nearly everything known about him comes from his own writings, and some of his early accounts describe the years he spent under ...
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Pordage, John (bap. 1607, d. 1681), religious leader and physician
Ariel Hessayon
Pordage, John (bap. 1607, d. 1681), religious leader and physician, was baptized on 21 April 1607 in the parish of St Dionis Backchurch, London, the eldest son of Samuel Pordage (d. 1627), citizen and grocer, and Elizabeth (d. in or after 1657)...
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Price, William (1800–1893), physician, self-styled archdruid, and advocate of cremation
James Gregory
Price, William (1800–1893), physician, self-styled archdruid, and advocate of cremation, was born on 4 March 1800 at Ty'nycoedcae in the parish of Rudry, Monmouthshire, the third son of an impoverished Anglican clergyman, William Price (1760–1841), and his wife, Mary (d. 1844), an illiterate maidservant. After schooling at nearby ...
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Sibly, Ebenezer (1751–c. 1799), astrologer and physician
Patrick Curry
Sibly, Ebenezer (1751–c. 1799), astrologer and physician, was born in Bristol on 30 January 1751. The names of his parents are not known. The Swedenborgian preacher Manoah Sibly was his brother, and there was also another brother and a sister of whom nothing is known. Their father was described as a mechanic. His mother died in 1768, whereupon he was removed from school, perhaps to assist in his father's business. None the less, he continued to study on his own, becoming a formidable polymath in medicine, natural philosophy, and occultism, both traditional and contemporary....
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Smith, (Thomas) Southwood (1788–1861), Unitarian minister and physician
R. K. Webb
Smith, (Thomas) Southwood (1788–1861), Unitarian minister and physician, was born at Martock, Somerset, on 21 December 1788, the son of William Smith and Catherine Southwood, strict Baptists who early destined their son for the ministry. He studied with William Blake (1773–1821), who had just succeeded his father (of the same name) as minister of the Presbyterian chapel at ...
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Stonhouse, Sir James, seventh and tenth baronet (1716–1795), physician and cleric
Amanda Berry
Stonhouse, Sir James, seventh and tenth baronet (1716–1795), physician and cleric, was born on 9 July 1716 at Tubney, near Abingdon, Berkshire, the elder son of Richard Stonhouse (d. c.1725), and his wife, Carolina, from whom James inherited an estate worth about ...
