Ashmole, Elias (1617–1692), astrologer and antiquary, was born on 23 May 1617 at Lichfield in Staffordshire, the son of Simon Ashmole, a saddler, and his wife, Anne, daughter of Anthony Bowyer, a Coventry draper whose family was of gentry status. Ashmole's grandfather Thomas Ashmole...
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Ashmole, Elias (1617–1692), astrologer and antiquary
Michael Hunter
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Case, John (c. 1660–1700), astrologer and quack
Edward Heron-Allen
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Case, John (c. 1660–1700), astrologer and quack, was born at Lyme, Dorset, about 1660, judging from the statement in his book, The wards of the key to Helmont proved unfit for the lock, or, The principles of Mr Wm Bacon examined and refuted...
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Culpeper, Nicholas (1616–1654), physician and astrologer
Patrick Curry
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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Dee, John (1527–1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary
R. Julian Roberts
Dee, John (1527–1609), mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary, was born on 13 July 1527 in London, the only child of Rowland Dee and his wife, Joan or Joanna (1508/9–1580), daughter of William Wild.
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Evans, John (b. 1594/5?, d. in or after 1659), astrologer and medical practitioner
Bernard Capp
Evans, John (b. 1594/5
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Forman, Simon (1552–1611), astrologer and medical practitioner
Lauren Kassell
Forman, Simon (1552–1611), astrologer and medical practitioner, was born in Quidhampton, Wiltshire, on 31 December 1552, the fifth of the eight children of William Forman (1524–1564) and his wife, Mary (c.1505–1602), daughter of John Ratewe and Marion Hallam. His grandfather Richard Forman...
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Gadbury, John (1627–1704), astrologer
Patrick Curry
Gadbury, John (1627–1704), astrologer, was born on 31 December 1627 in Wheatley, Oxfordshire, the son of Oliver Gadbury (bap. 1606, d. 1674), a gentleman farmer, and his wife, Frances, who was the daughter of Sir John Curzon of Waterperry, who for a period disinherited the young couple because of their elopement. ...
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Heydon, John (b. 1629, d. in or after 1670), writer on astrology and alchemy, and occultist
Patrick Curry
Heydon, John (b. 1629, d. in or after 1670), writer on astrology and alchemy, and occultist, was born on 10 September 1629 in Green Arbour, London, the son of Francis Heydon of Sidmouth, Devon, and Mary Chandler of Worcestershire. He was the grandson of ...
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Leo, Alan [formerly William Frederick Allen] (1860–1917), astrologer
Patrick Curry
Leo, Alan [formerly William Frederick Allen] (1860–1917), astrologer, was born William Frederick Allen at 6.10 a.m. on 7 August 1860 in Great College Street, Westminster, the only son of a Scottish ex-soldier, who disappeared when Allen was about nine, and a member of the ...
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Lilly, William (1602–1681), astrologer
Patrick Curry
Lilly, William (1602–1681), astrologer, was born on 1 May 1602, in the village of Diseworth, Leicestershire, near Derby, the son of William Lilly and Alice Barham (d. 1619). His family were of long-standing yeoman stock. A different date of birth, 30 April 1602 at 2.08 p.m. was given by his rival, the astrologer ...
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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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Partridge, John (1644–1715), astrologer and almanac writer
Patrick Curry
Partridge, John (1644–1715), astrologer and almanac writer, was born on 18 January 1644 in East Sheen, Surrey, the son of John Partridge, a Thames waterman who was also a sidesman and assessor of the parish, and Elizabeth, who died in January 1661 and was buried in the ...
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Saunders, Richard (1613–1675), medical practitioner and astrologer
M. H. Porter
Saunders, Richard (1613–1675), medical practitioner and astrologer, was born on 2 May 1613, probably in a house known as Saunders' Manor in Bedworth, Knightlow, Warwickshire, the youngest child of William Saunders and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of R. Purifoy of Drayton in Leicestershire...
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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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Wharton, Sir George, first baronet (1617–1681), astrologer and royalist
Bernard Capp
Wharton, Sir George, first baronet (1617–1681), astrologer and royalist, was born on 4 April 1617 at Strickland, near Kirkby Kendal in Westmorland, the son of George Wharton, a blacksmith and small farmer. He was descended, as Anthony Wood notes, 'from an antient and genteel family...
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Wing, Vincent (1619–1668), astronomer, astrologer, and land surveyor
Bernard Capp
Wing, Vincent (1619–1668), astronomer, astrologer, and land surveyor, was born on 9 April 1619 at North Luffenham, Rutland, the son of Vincent Wing (1587–1660) of North Luffenham. The family, settled there for three generations but originally from Wales, was of 'rather good, than great...
