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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Charleton, Walter (1620–1707)
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Walter Charleton (1620–1707) by Sir Godfrey Kneller © Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
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Coxe, Daniel (1640–1730), physician, natural philosopher, and colonial adventurer
Michael Hunter
Coxe, Daniel (1640–1730), physician, natural philosopher, and colonial adventurer, was the son of Daniel Coxe (d. 1686), gentleman, of Stoke Newington, Middlesex. He matriculated at Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1659, becoming a scholar in 1661. Coxe first came to the fore in the mid-1660s as an associate of ...
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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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Darwin, Erasmus (1731–1802)
Maker: Joseph Wright of Derby
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Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1792–3 private collection; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
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Dobson, Matthew (1732–1784), physician and natural philosopher
Margaret DeLacy
Dobson, Matthew (1732–1784), physician and natural philosopher, was the son of Joshua Dobson (c.1692–1767), minister of New Mill, Lydgate, near Holmfirth, Yorkshire, from 1715 to 1720 and of Cockey Moor Chapel, Ainsworth, near Bolton, Lancashire, from 1732 to 1767, and Elizabeth Smith (...
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Guthrie, Matthew (1743–1807), physician and natural philosopher
Eric H. Robinson
Guthrie, Matthew (1743–1807), physician and natural philosopher, born on 24 March 1743, probably in Edinburgh, was the son of Hary Guthrie (1709–1794), an Edinburgh lawyer of known Jacobite sympathies, and his first wife, Rachel Milne (1719–1746). His grandfather was Gideon Guthrie (1663–1732), a well-known Scottish Episcopalian minister. The historian ...
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Helsham, Richard (1683–1738), physician and natural philosopher
H. T. Welch
Helsham, Richard (1683–1738), physician and natural philosopher, was probably born at Leggatsrath near the city of Kilkenny, the son of Joshua Helsham (d. c.1694), alderman and mayor of Kilkenny (1692–3), and Alicia Deane. He entered Kilkenny College on 20 January 1692 at the age of eight before matriculating at ...
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Hulme, Nathaniel (1732–1807), physician and natural philosopher
Charles Creighton
revised by Kenneth J. Carpenter
Hulme, Nathaniel (1732–1807), physician and natural philosopher, was born on 17 June 1732 at Hulme Thorp, near Halifax, Yorkshire. After serving his apprenticeship with his brother Joseph, a medical practitioner at Halifax, he proceeded to Guy's Hospital, London, and in 1755 joined the navy as surgeon's mate. Being stationed at ...
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Ingen-Housz, Jan (1730–1799)
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Jan Ingen-Housz (1730–1799) by William? Tassie image by courtesy of the Wedgwood Museum Trust Limited, Barlaston, Staffordshire (England)
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Ingen-Housz [Ingenhousz], Jan (1730–1799), physician and natural philosopher
Charles Creighton
revised by Patricia Fara
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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Jurin, James (bap. 1684, d. 1750)
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James Jurin (bap. 1684, d. 1750) by James Worsdale © Royal Society
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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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Merret, Christopher (1614–1695)
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Christopher Merret (1614–1695) by George Perfect Harding © Royal College of Physicians, London
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Molyneux, Sir Thomas, first baronet (1661–1733), physician and natural philosopher
J. B. Lyons
Molyneux, Sir Thomas, first baronet (1661–1733), physician and natural philosopher, was born on 14 April 1661 in Dublin, at the New Row near Ormondgate, into the family of five sons (only two of whom outlived their father) and two daughters of Captain Samuel (‘Honest Sam’) Molyneux (1616–1693)...
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Power, Henry (c. 1626–1668), natural philosopher and physician
Adrian Johns
Power, Henry (c. 1626–1668), natural philosopher and physician, was born in Annesley, Nottinghamshire, the eldest son of John Power (d. 1638) of Halifax, cloth merchant and landlord, and his wife, Jane (née Jennings). After attending school in Halifax, Power matriculated at ...
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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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Mark Ridley (b. 1560, d. in or before 1624) by unknown artist, c. 1613 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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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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