Charleton, Walter (1620–1707), physician and natural philosopher, was born on 2 February 1620, at Parsonage House, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, the son of the Revd Walter Charleton (1574/5–1620?) and his wife, Susannah Jeay. Charleton's father evidently originated from Shropshire, being the son of Andrew Charlton...
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Charleton, Walter (1620–1707), physician and natural philosopher
John Henry
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Darwin, Erasmus (1731–1802), physician and natural philosopher
Maureen McNeil
Darwin, Erasmus (1731–1802), physician and natural philosopher, was born on 12 December 1731 at Elston Hall, near Nottingham, the seventh child of Robert Darwin (1682–1754), a lawyer of independent means who had retired early, and his wife, Elizabeth (formerly Hill; 1702–1797). Darwin had three brothers and three sisters. He was sent to the ...
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Ingen-Housz [Ingenhousz], Jan (1730–1799), physician and natural philosopher
Charles Creighton
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Ingen-Housz [Ingenhousz], Jan (1730–1799), physician and natural philosopher, was born on 8 December 1730 at Breda, the Netherlands, the second son of Arnoldus Ingen-Housz, an affluent leather merchant, and his wife, Maria Beckers. After qualifying as a physician at the University of Louvain...
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Jurin, James (bap. 1684, d. 1750), physician and natural philosopher
Andrea Rusnock
Jurin, James (bap. 1684, d. 1750), physician and natural philosopher, son of John Jurin, citizen and dyer of London, and his wife, Dorcas Cotesworth, was baptized on 15 December 1684. In April 1692 he was admitted from St Leonard, Shoreditch, to the Royal Mathematical School...
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Merret [Merrett], Christopher (1614–1695), physician and writer on natural philosophy
D. E. Allen
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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Ridley, Mark (b. 1560, d. in or before 1624), physician and writer on magnetism
Gerald Stone
Ridley, Mark (b. 1560, d. in or before 1624), physician and writer on magnetism, was born on 2 August 1560, and baptized on 18 August, at Stretham, Cambridgeshire, the second son of the six children of Lancelot Ridley (d. 1576), rector of Stretham...
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Scarburgh, Sir Charles (1615–1694), physician and natural philosopher
Robert L. Martensen
Scarburgh, Sir Charles (1615–1694), physician and natural philosopher, son of Edmund Scarburgh, gentleman, of the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields, and Hannah Butler, was born in London on 29 December 1615 and was sent to St Paul's School. He entered Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge...
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Watson, Sir William (1715–1787), physician and natural philosopher physician and naturalist
Simon Schaffer
Watson, Sir William (1715–1787), physician and natural philosopher, was born in St John's Street, Smithfield, London, on 3 April 1715, the son of William Watson, a corn chandler. He entered the Merchant Taylors' School in 1726 and on 6 April 1731 was apprenticed to an apothecary, ...
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Whytt, Robert (1714–1766), physician and natural philosopher
Roger French
Whytt, Robert (1714–1766), physician and natural philosopher, was born in Edinburgh on 6 September 1714. He was the second son of Robert Whytt (d. 1714) of Bennochy, an advocate whose family was traceable to the late fifteenth century and had intermarried with the better-known families of ...
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Willis, Thomas (1621–1675), physician and natural philosopher
Robert L. Martensen
Willis, Thomas (1621–1675), physician and natural philosopher, eldest of three sons and an unknown number of daughters of Thomas Willis (d. 1643) and his wife, Rachel Howell (d. 1631), was born at Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, on 27 January 1621 and was baptized on 14 February at ...
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Young, Thomas (1773–1829), physician and natural philosopher
Geoffrey Cantor
Young, Thomas (1773–1829), physician and natural philosopher, was born on 13 June 1773 at Milverton, Somerset, the eldest of ten children of Thomas Young, cloth merchant and banker, and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Robert Davis of Minehead, Somerset, and his wife, Hannah Brocklesby...
