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Gray, Edward Whitaker (1748–1806), physician and museum curator  

Anita McConnell

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Gray, Edward Whitaker (1748–1806), physician and museum curator, was born on 21 March 1748, probably in London, the second son of Samuel Gray (bap. 1693?, d. 1766), seedsman, and his wife, Juliana, née Kelly (d. 1774). An older brother, Samuel Gray (1739–1771)...

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Merret [Merrett], Christopher (1614–1695), physician and writer on natural philosophy  

D. E. Allen

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Merret [Merrett], Christopher (1614–1695), physician and writer on natural philosophy, was born at Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, on 16 February 1614, the son of a non-gentry father of the same name, who was at some time involved in a tobacco growing project in the west midlands. On entering ...

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Sarmento, Jacob de Castro [formerly Henrique de Castro] (1692?–1762), physician and scientific writer  

Edgar Samuel

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23 September 2004
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Sarmento, Jacob de Castro [formerly Henrique de Castro] (1692?–1762), physician and scientific writer, was born at Bragança, Portugal, as Henrique, the third son of Francisco de Castro de Almeida (b. 1651/2), tobacco merchant (estanqueiro), and his second wife, ...

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Thornton, Robert John (1767–1837), physician and writer on botany  

Martin Kemp

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Thornton, Robert John (1767–1837), physician and writer on botany, was born on 17 July 1767, probably in London, where he was baptized at St James, Westminster on 13 August 1767, the youngest of the two sons and a daughter of the writer Bonnell Thornton (1725–1768)...