| Authorised form of name | Fothergill; John (1712 - 1780); physician |
| Dates | 1712 - 1780 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Carr End, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England |
| Date of birth | 08 March 1712 |
| Place of death | Harper Street, London |
| Date of death | 26 December 1780 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Society of Friends' cemetery, Winchmore Hill |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
Sedbergh School, Yorkshire; studied medicine in Edinburgh and Leyden
Career:
Apprenticed to Benjamin Bartlett, apothecary in Bradford (1718-1736); set up practice in London (1740); helped to found the Ackworth School, and left itan endowment in perpetuity in his Will; wrote 'Some account of the late Peter Collinson' (1770); with Benjamin Franklin and David Barclay, he tried to avert an American rebellion
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 23/06/1763 |
| Relationships | Son of John Fothergill and his wife Margaret (nee Hough) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DQB
References:
Geoffrey Cantor, 'Quakers in the Royal Society, 1660-1750' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 175-193
Ernest Heberden, 'Correspondence of William Heberden, FRS With the Reverend Stephen Hales and Sir Charles Blagden' in NR 1984-85 vol 39 pp 179-189
John H Appleby, 'Ginseng and the Royal Society' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 121-145
Averil Lysaght, 'A Letter From Sydney Parkinson in Batavia to Dr John Fothergill' in NR 1981-82 vol 36 pp 79-81
Notes:
There are 2 possible locations for the Quaker cemetery at Winchmore Hill in which he was buried: Buckinghamshire and London. Find out which is the correct one. |
| Royal Society code | NA8221 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| L&P/1/271/1 | Letter, 'On the fresh-water polype' from Abraham Trembley to John Fothergill | 31 March 1744 |
| L&P/1/443 | Letter, 'De Diaphragmate fisso [The split diaphragm]' from John Fothergill to Richard Mead [English translation] | 1745 |
| L&P/6/191 | Letter, 'An account of the electrical researches and the electrical machine of the late Gowin Knight' from John Fothergill to the Royal Society | 1776 |
| L&P/6/127 | Letter, 'Experiments in a heated room' from Matthew Dobson to John Fothergill | 25 April 1775 |
| L&P/3/317/1 | Letter, 'Of a fossil alligator at Whitby' from William Chapman to John Fothergill | 20 March 1758 |
| L&P/6/64 | Letter, 'Of Gowin Knight's magnetical magazine' from John Fothergill to the Royal Society | 23 June 1774 |
| EC/1763/09 | Fothergill, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/1/280 | Letter, 'On the Manna persicum explanta. Alhagi maurorum' from John Fothergill to Peter Collinson | 25 February 1744 |
| IM/001518 | Fothergill, John | nd |
| L&P/1/442 | Letter, 'De Diaphragmate fisso [The split diaphragm]' from John Fothergill to Richard Mead | 1745 |
| L&P/1/359 | Paper, 'On a method of recovering persons apparently dead' by John Fothergill [draft] | 1745 |
| L&P/1/358 | Paper, 'On a method of recovering persons apparently dead' by John Fothergill | 1745 |