| Authorised form of name | Thorpe; John (1682 - 1750) |
| Dates | 1682 - 1750 |
| Place of birth | Newhouse, in the parish of Penshurst, Kent, England |
| Date of birth | 12 March 1682 |
| Place of death | Rochester, Kent |
| Date of death | 30 November 1750 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
In the church of Stockbury, Kent |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Antiquities |
| Activity | Education:
School at Westerham, Kent; University College, Oxford; BA (1701), MA (1704), BMed (1707), DMed (1710)
Career:
Friend of Richard Mead (FRS 1703); practised in Rochester (1715-1750); his work on the antiquities, architecture and history of Kent was published by his son as 'Registrum Roffense' (1769)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/11/1705 |
| Relationships | Son of John Thorpe, gent, of Penshurst, Kent, and his wife, Ann, sister of Oliver Combridge of Newhouse, Kent.
Married: 1) Catharina, daughter of Laurence Holker, Physician, of Gravesend; 2) his housekeeper, Mrs Holland |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Thomas; Foster |
| Code | NA868 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/004595 | Thorpe, John | nd |
| CLP/14ii/1 | Extracts of four letters, regarding accounts of people accidentally poisoned in Oxfordshire to Edward Coker | March 1710-April 1710 |
| MS/390/117 | Bond of John Thorpe to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 5 February 1706 |
| EL/C2/39 | Letter, from John Chamberlayne to John Thorpe, dated at Petty France | 23 October 1713 |
| EL/T/67 | Letter, from John Thorpe to [James] Petiver, dated at University College, Oxon [Oxford] | 24 July 1704 |
| RBO/9/76b | 'The manner of preserving Fruit trees as formerly practised in Kent' communicated by John Thorpe | 1708 |