| Authorised form of name | Ent; Sir; George (1604 - 1689); physician |
| Dates | 1604 - 1689 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Sandwich, Kent, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | 06 November 1604 |
| Place of death | St Giles-in-the-Fields, London, England, Europe |
| Date of death | 13 October 1689 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
St Lawrence Jewry, Guildhall, London, England, Europe |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Medicine |
| Activity | Education:
Educated in Wallachia [or Walcheren] and at Rotterdam under James Beckman; admitted to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (admitted 1624; BA 1627, MA 1631); Padua (MD 28 April 1636); incorporated at Oxford (9 November 1638)
Career:
Published 'Apologia pro circulatione sanguinis' (1641); Goulstonian lecturer (1642); Published 'De generatione' (1651), edited from Harvey manuscript; Censor at RCP (1645-1649; 1651; 1653-1657); Registrar (1655-1670); Elect (1657-1689); Consiliarus (1667-1669); Anatomical studies appear in Walter Charleton's 'Onomasticon zoicum' (1677); Published 'Antidiatrive, sive, Animadversiones in Malachiae Turstoni, M.D.' (1679)
Honours:
Kt 1665
Memberships:
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (President 1670-1675, 1682, 1684) |
| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 22/04/1663 |
| Royal Society activity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1662-63; 1666-69
Committee and panels:
Anatomical Committee (1664) |
| Relationships | Parents: John or Josias Ent;
Married: Sarah Meverell (10th February 1646)
Children: George Ent (FRS 1677; d. 1679); Josias Ent; Edward Ent; Dame Sarah Barrett |
| General context | Ent's father is likely to have fled from Flanders as a religious refugee, possibly as a result of persecution of the Spanish and Catholics at the time. One of his close contemporary associates was William Harvey, whose work was influential for his disocovery of the circulation of blood. Ent's first publication 'Apologia' was written in defence of Harvey's theories. Ent is also known for his correspondence with Cassiano dal Pozzo, who sent Ent fossilized wood specimens, including a tabletop made of petrified wood. Ent showed them to the Royal Society, where they led to increased interest in the origin of fossils. |
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| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Venn
References:
Cook, A. 2004. 'Rome and the Royal Society, 1660-1740', in Notes and Records, vol. 58, pp. 3-19
Cook, A. 2005. 'A Roman correspondence: George Ent and Cassiano dal Pozzo, 1637-55', in Notes and Records, vol. 59, pp. 5-23
Hall, A R and Hall, M B. 1968. 'The Intellectual Origins of the Royal Society - London and Oxford', in Notes and Records, vol. 23, pp. 157-168
Letters from Thomas Stanley of Clumberlow Green, Herts., mentioning Sir George Ent in NR December 1958. Vol. 5, no.12 pp.544-5
Notes:
The election date is Ent's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously mentioned as a member on 8 May 1661.
Appears to have withdrawn from the Society in 1677, according to index to BR, although Hunter says that he resigned in 1675.
Venn gives father's name as John, DNB as Josias. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/42181048 |
| Royal Society code | NA3352 |