Fothergill, John (1712–1780), physician and naturalist, was born on 8 March 1712 at Carr End, a moorland farm near Bainbridge, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, the third son of eight children of John Fothergill (1676–1745), Quaker preacher and farmer, and his first wife, Margaret Hough (1677–1719)...
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Fothergill, John (1712–1780), physician and naturalist
Margaret DeLacy
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Richardson, Sir John (1787–1865), physician, naturalist, and Arctic explorer
Robert E. Johnson and Margaret H. Johnson
Richardson, Sir John (1787–1865), physician, naturalist, and Arctic explorer, was born on 5 November 1787 at 11 Nith Place, Dumfries, Scotland, eldest of the twelve children of Gabriel Richardson and Anne, daughter of Peter Mundell of Dumfries. Gabriel Richardson was a prosperous brewer, provost at one time, and chief magistrate of ...
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Sloane, Sir Hans, baronet (1660–1753), physician and collector
Arthur MacGregor
Sloane, Sir Hans, baronet (1660–1753), physician and collector, was born at Killyleagh, co. Down, on 16 April 1660, the seventh son of Alexander Sloane (d. 1666). His father, a protestant, was by profession agent for James Hamilton, second Viscount Claneboye and later earl of Clanbrassill...
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Williamson, George Scott (1883–1953), medical practitioner and biologist
David Goodway
Williamson, George Scott (1883–1953), medical practitioner and biologist, was born on 19 June 1883 in Ladybank, Fife, the eldest of ten children of David Williamson, a merchant seaman and later ship's captain, and his wife, Jane Theresa, née Short. He grew up in ...
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Woodward, John (1665/1668–1728), physician, natural historian, and antiquary
J. M. Levine
Woodward, John (1665/1668–1728), physician, natural historian, and antiquary, was born on 1 May 1665, or possibly 1668, in a village (possibly Wirksworth) in Derbyshire; he may have been of a Gloucestershire family and his mother's maiden surname may have been Burdett. At sixteen he was apprenticed to a ...
