| Authorised form of name | Richardson; Richard (1663 - 1741) |
| Dates | 1663 - 1741 |
| Place of birth | North Bierley, Yorkshire, England |
| Place of death | Bierley, Yorkshire |
| Date of death | 21 April 1741 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
Bradford (24 September 1663)
Burial:
Cleckheaton chapel in Birstal, Yorkshire |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Botany |
| Antiquities |
| Activity | Education:
Bradford School; University College, Oxford (admitted 1681); Gray's Inn (admitted 1681); Leyden; MD (1690)
Career:
Lived in the house of the botanist Paul Hermann (1687-1690); practised in North Bierley, usually charging no fee; travelled in England, Wales and Scotland in search of botanical specimens; his collection of plants was considered the best in the north of England; JP for the West Riding of Yorkshire; close friend of Ralph Thoresby (FRS 1697); formed a valuable library of botanical and historical works
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 23/10/1712 |
| Proposer | Sir Hans Sloane |
| Relationships | Son of William Richardson of North Bierley, Yorkshire, and his wife, Susannah, daughter of Gilbert Savile of Greetland, North Bierley.
Married: 1) Sarah, daughter of John Crossley of Halifax, Yorkshire; 2) Dorothy, daughter of Henry Currer of Kildwick |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Innes Smith; Foster; Venn; GI
Authority:
Baptism details from Foster |
| Code | NA496 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/003818 | Richardson, Richard | nd |
| LBO/18/108 | Copy letter from Richard Richardson, North Brierley, to Hans Sloane | 13 November 1725 |
| EL/R1/53 | Extract of a letter, from Dr [Richard] Richardson to Tancred Robinson | 1697 |
| EL/R1/54 | Extract of a letter, from Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane, dated at North Bierley | 5 September 1733 |
| RBO/15/11 | Account of the effects of the Oenanthe aquatica Cucytae on three people who had eaten its root in a letter from Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane | 1730 |
| CLP/22i/73 | Letter, Account of [Johann Jakob] Scheuchzer's book '[Ouresiphoites] Helveticus sive Itinera Alpina tria ... [Survey of Switzerland, or three Alpine travels]' from Edward Lhuyd to Richard Richardson | 3 April 1708 |