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Authorised form of name	Martyn; John (1699 - 1768)
Dates	1699 - 1768
Nationality	British
Place of birth	Queen Street, London, England
Date of birth	12 September 1699
Place of death	Chelsea, London
Date of death	29 January 1768
Occupation	Apothecary
Research field	Botany
Activity	Education: Emmanuel College, Cambridge (admitted 1730) Career: Worked in his father's counting house, but studied botany from an early age; lectured on botany and materia medica in London and Cambridge; practised as an apothecary and later as a physician in London; friend of Patrick Blair (FRS 1712); with John Jacob Dillenius (FRS 1724), Philip Miller (FRS 1730) and others, established a botanical society which met for some years every Saturday morning at the Rainbow Coffee House, Watling Street (1721); with Alexander Russel wrote the 'Grub Street Journal' (1730-1737); Professor of Botany, Cambridge (1732-1762), due to lack of encouragement he ceased to lecture in 1735; corresponded with Sloane, Linnaeus and others; published an abridgment of 'Philosophical Transactions' 1719-1750 (1734-1756)
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	30/03/1727
Proposer	John Diodate
Relationships	Son of Thomas Martyn, merchant, of Hamburg and his wife, Katharine Weedon; married Eulalia, daughter of John King, DD, rector of Chelsea and prebendary of York; father of Thomas Martyn (FRS 1786)
Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn References: Frank N Egerton, 'Richard Bradley's Relationship with Sir Hans Sloane' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 59-77 L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305 Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1768), p94; obituary, London Magazine (1768), p106 Bro. J R Clarke 'The Royal Society and Early Grand Lodge Freemasonry' in Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge Notes: London Magazine gives death place as Streatham
Virtual International Authority File	http://viaf.org/viaf/18650208
Code	NA8396

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
L&P/2/26	Letter, 'An aurora australis, seen 23 Jan 1748/50' from John Martyn to Martin Folkes	24 January 1750
RBO/15/55	Account by John Martyn of Philip Miller's book entitled 'Catalogus plantarum officinalium quae in horto Botanico Chelseyano aluntur'	1730
L&P/1/345	Paper, 'Description of a new fungus' by John Martyn	21 January 1745
RBO/14/39	A book review about epsom salts and the salt 'Alumen plumosum' by John Martyn	1728
IM/003003	Martyn, Joannes	2000
L&P/2/41	Letter, 'Of the same earthquake' from John Martyn to Martin Folkes	14 February 1749
L&P/1/139	Letter, 'On the breeding of tail-less poultry' from John Martyn to Martin Folkes	23 November 1742
LBO/19/82	Copy letter from John Martyn, Csambridge, to William Rutty	10 February 1727
L&P/1/389	Letter, 'Of a case of boulimia' from J Cookson to John Martyn	4 May 1745
L&P/1/345/1	Letter, 'Description of a new fungus' from John Martyn to Martin Folkes	21 January 1745
L&P/2/48	Letter, 'The aurora borealis of Feb 16' from John Martyn to Martin Folkes	21 February 1750
L&P/2/510	Paper, 'Of the sex of holly; with a note from W. Watson in confirmation' by John Martyn	26 July 1754
CLP/22ii/24	Paper, On 'Historia plantarum rariorum' by John Martyn	[1728]
L&P/2/58a	Letter, 'Of the earthquake of March 8' from John Martyn to Martin Folkes	14 March 1750
IM/003002	Martyn, Joannes	2000
CLP/22ii/46	Paper, Account of Philip Miller's 'Catalogus Plantarum officinalium quae in Horto Botanico Chelseyano... [Catalogue of plants in the Chelsea Botanical Garden workshop]' by John Martin [Martyn]	18th century
IM/003001	Martyn, Joannes	2000
EL/M2/70	Letter, from John Martyn to William Rutty	20 February 1723
CLP/10ii/14/1	Manuscript, 'Memoirs communicated by Monsr Garcin to Monsr St Hyacinthe FRS containing a description of a new family of plants called oxyoides; some remarks on the family of plants called musa; and a description of the hirudinella marina, or sea leach' by Laurent Garcin	[1730]
CLP/7ii/12	Paper, 'An account of some observations relating to natural history made in a journey to the peak in Derbyshire [England]' by J [John] Martyn	1728
CLP/10ii/14	Paper, 'Memoirs communicated by Monsr Garcin to Monsr St Hyacinthe FRS containing a description of a new family of plants called oxyoides; some remarks on the family of plants called musa; and a description of the hirudinella marina, or sea leach' by Laurent Garcin	[1730]
RBO/14/12	'An account of some observations relating to natural history made in a journey to the Peak in Derbyshire by John Martyn'	1728
RBO/14/96	'An account of a Letter from Dr John Rutty of Dublin to Dr W Rutty' by Mr John Martyn	1729
RBO/16/30	'An account of a book [by Philip Miller] entitled: 'The Gardener's Kalender, directing what works are necessary to be done every month...' by John Martyn	1731
EL/B1/112	Letter, from John Burton to John Martyn, dated at Scarning, Norfolk	29 September 1667

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