| Authorised form of name | Goddard; Jonathan (c1617 - 1675); physician, chemist, and anatomist |
| Dates | c1617 - 1675 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Greenwich, London, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | c. 1617 |
| Place of death | Wood Street, Cheapside, London, England, Europe |
| Date of death | 24 March 1675 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
St Mary's church, Chatham, Kent, England, Europe (2 February 1617)
Burial:
St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate, London, England, Europe (27 March 1675) |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
Mr Chapman's and Mr Spencer's School at Chatham; Mr Dier's School in London; Magdalen Hall, Oxford (matriculated 1632; left without a degree in 1637); Christ's College, Cambridge; MB (1638); St Catharine's College, Cambridge; MD (1643); incorporated at Oxford (1651)
Career:
Qualified for a licence of the College of Physicians (1640); appointed Goulstonian lecturer for RCP (1641); physician to the Parliamentary Army (1649-1650); Physician to Oliver Cromwell; Warden of Merton College, Oxford (1651-1660); MP for Oxford University (1653); Professor of Physic, Gresham College, London (1655-1675); published 'Discourse on the Unhappy Condition of the Practice of Physic in London' (1665); published 'A proposal for making wine from sugar' in Sprat's 'History of the Royal Society' (1667); reportedly constructed the first telescope in England; works on his medical accounts published posthumously are 'Medicamenta Goddardiana' (1688) and 'Arcana Goddardiana' (1691)
Memberships:
FRCP (1646) |
| Membership category | Founder Fellow |
| Date of election | 28/11/1660 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Served from first council (13/05/1663)
Committee and panels:
Report on the Statutes of the Society (1661); ; Committee to consider a way of determining the measure of a degree on earth (1669); ; Committee for account audits (1671) |
| Relationships | Parents: Henry Goddard, shipbuilder |
| PublishedWorks | RCN: 41149 |
| OtherInfo | Goddard's appointment at Merton has been connected to his parliamentarian support and close association with Cromwell, whom he accompanied and treated for a number of years. After the Restoration, however, in July 1660 he was ejected from Merton by Charles II and subsequently removed to Gresham College, where he kept his position as professor of physic until his death. Prior to the foundation of and his involvement with the Royal Society, Goddard was a member of the Oxford Philosophical Club of the 1650s, regarded as aprecursor to the Royal Society.. Much of Goddard's work in medicine was influenced by the increase in apothecaries and a resulting lack of physicians' education in the preparation of medicines. |
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| Source | Notes:
Election date is given as 22 Apr 1663 in R and index to BR, but he was present at the foundation meeting, and the date of this meeting has therefore been adopted as his election date.
Venn gives birthplace as Chatham, Kent
Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; Foster; Aubrey; Munk's roll; ODNB
References:
A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, 'The Intellectual Origins of the Royal Society - London and Oxford' in NR 1968 vol 23 pp 157-168
W H G Armytage, 'The Royal Society and the Apothecaries' in NR 1954-55 vol 11 pp 22-37
W S C Copeman, 'Dr Jonathan Goddard, FRS (1617-1675)' in NR 1960 vol 15 pp 69-77
Sir Harold Hartley and Sir Cyril Hinshelwood, 'Gresham College and the Royal Society' in NR 1961 vol 16 pp 125-135
George Watson, 'Dryden and the Scientific Image' in NR 1963 vol 18 pp 25-35
G H Turnbull, 'Samuel Hartlib's Influence on the Early History of the Royal Society' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 101-130
Douglas McKie, 'The Origins and Foundation of the Royal Society of London' in NR 1960 vol 15 pp 1-37
H G Lyons, 'The Society's First Bequest' in NR 1939 vol 2 pp 43-46
A C S, 'Notes on the Foundation and History of the Royal Society' in NR 1938 vol 1 pp 32-36
J Gribbin, 'The Fellowship', 2005, p134 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/77469657 |
| Code | NA8226 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RBC/1/31 | 'Observations of a Stone called Oculus Mundi Made by Dr Goddard' | 1661 |
| RBC/1/27 | 'Some Observations of a Cameleon by Dr Goddard' | 1661 |
| RBO/1/43 | 'Experiments of weighing glasses canes with the Cylinders of Quicksilver in them, according to the Torricellian Experiment' by Jonathan Goddard | 13 August 1662 |
| RBC/2/59 | 'Observations upon the Experiments of severall liquors in a Tube of about 36 foot in Length erected by Dr Goddard' | 17 August 1664 |
| RBC/2/44 | 'An Account of an Experiment of Spirit of wine in a Vessell exhausted of Air' by Jonathan Goddard | nd |
| RBC/1/64 | 'An Experiment of Exhalation raised from Water and returning to Water againe By Dr Goddard' | 17 December 1662 |
| RBC/1/41 | 'An Account of an Experiment made with Oile in the Long Tube By Mr Rooke and Mr Goddard' | 1662 |
| RBO/1/28 | 'Observations of a Stone called Ocullus Mundi' by Jonathan Goddard | nd |
| RBO/1/24 | 'Some Observations of a Cameleon' by Jonathan Goddard | 1661 |
| IM/005404 | Goddard, Jonathan | 1992 |
| MS/390/37 | Bond of Jonathan Goddard to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 23 November 1674 |
| CLP/2/25 | Paper, 'A brief experimentall accompt of the production of some colours, by mixture of severall liquors either having little or no colour, or being of different colours from those produced' by Jonathan Goddard | [1661] |
| RBO/3/6 | 'Of Spirit of Wine in a Vessel exhausted of Air' by Jonathan Goddard | 1663 |
| CLP/6/6 | Paper, 'Experiments of weighing glasse canes with the cylinders of quicksylver in them according to the torricellian experiment' by Jonathan Goddard and 'William Brouncker's account of the third experiment made by Dr Goddard' | 6 August 1662 |
| CLP/4i/5 | Paper, 'An experiment of a tube and quicksilver' by Dr [Jonathan] Goddard | 1663 |
| CLP/6/9 | Paper, 'An experiment of exhalation raised from water and returning to water again' by Dr [Jonathan] Goddard | 17 December 1662 |
| CLP/6/6/1 | Manuscript, 'Experiments of weighing glasse canes with the cylinders of quicksylver in them according to the torricellian experiment' by Jonathan Goddard and 'William Brouncker's account of the third experiment made by Dr Goddard' | 6 August 1662 |
| CLP/10iii/21 | Copy of paper, 'Queries touching the preserving of timber now growing, and planting more in his Majesty's dominions of England and Wales' by unknown author | [1670s] |
| RBC/2/40 | 'Of Eggs by Dr Goddard' | nd |
| DM/5/60 | Minute of a meeting of a Committee to be appointed 'to consider of Mr Buckland's proposition to plant potatoes through all the parts of England' | 20 March 1662 |
| DM/5/76 | 'Experiments recommended to Dr Goddard' | c.1660s |
| MS/366/2/1 | The Cameleon by Dr [Jonathan] Goddard | 1661 |
| DM/5/70 | Resolution signed by Henry Oldenburg, appointing a Committee of the Royal Society to consider a way of determining the measure of a degree on the earth | 21 October 1669 |
| CLP/9i/5 | Paper, experiments of refining gold with antimony by Jonathan Goddard | [1662] |
| CLP/12i/22 | Paper, 'Experiment designed to shew whether the muscles of an animal, in their action are bigger or lesse in their totall sum of dimensions' by Dr [Jonathan] Goddard | [1669] |
| CLP/10i/1 | Paper, 'Some observations concerning the texture and similar parts of the body of tree, which may holde also in shrubs and other woody plants' by Dr [Jonathan] Goddard | [1660] |
| CLP/4i/11 | Paper, 'An experiment of spirit of wine in a vessell exhausted of air' by Dr [Jonathan] Goddard | 1663 |
| RBO/1/38 | 'An Account of an Experiment made with Oyle in the Long Tube' by Lawrence Rooke and Jonathan Goddard | 17 April 1662 |
| CLP/12i/22/2 | Plate, arm case used in muscle experiments by Jonathan Goddard | [1669] |
| RBO/1/45 | 'Mr Lord Brouncker's Account of the third Experiment made by Dr Goddard' | 1662 |
| CLP/11i/5 | Paper, 'Aurum fulminans' by [Jonathan Goddard?] | 1 March 1663 |
| CLP/12i/22/1 | Manuscript, 'Experiment designed to shew whether the muscles of an animal, in their action are bigger or lesse in their totall sum of dimensions' by Dr [Jonathan] Goddard | [1669] |
| CLP/15i/10 | Paper, 'Of egs [eggs]' by Dr [Jonathan] Goddard | [1663] |
| CLP/10i/2 | Paper, 'Observations on the humble and sensible plants in Mr Chiffin's garden in St James his parke' by Dr Clarke | 9 August 1661 |
| RBO/3/20 | 'Observations upon the Experiments of Several Liquors in a Tube of about 36 foot in Length, erected perpendicularly' by Jonathan Goddard | 17 August 1664 |
| CLP/6/16a | Paper, 'Observations upon the experiments of severall liquors in a tube of about 36 feet in length erected perpendicularly' by [Jonathan] Goddard | [1664] |
| RBC/1/42 | 'Experiments of Refining Gold with Antimony. The first with severall parcells By Dr Goddard' | 1662 |
| CLP/6/6/2 | Diagram, weighing of glass canes and cylinder of mercury by Jonathan Goddard | 6 August 1662 |
| CLP/6/8/1 | Manuscript, 'Dr Wallis's account of Dr Goddard's expt [experiment] made at Gresham College [London], about weighing of glass-canes with the cylinders of quicksilver standing in them, according to the Torricellian Experiments' by [John] Wallis | 1662 |
| CLP/6/8 | Paper, 'Dr Wallis's account of Dr Goddard's expt [experiment] made at Gresham College [London], about weighing of glass-canes with the cylinders of quicksilver standing in them, according to the Torricellian Experiments' by [John] Wallis | 1662 |
| RBO/1/3 | 'Some Observations Concerning the Texture and Similar part of the body of a tree, which may hold also in Shrubs and other woody Plants' by Jonathan Goddard | 1661 |
| RBO/4/25 | 'An Experiment designed to shew whether the Muscles of an Animal in their action, are bigger or lesse in their total summe of Dimensions' brought in by Jonathan Goddard | 1669 |
| RBO/3/2 | 'Of Eggs' by Jonathan Goddard | nd |
| RBO/2ii/12 | 'An experiment of Exhalation raised from Water and returning to Water againe' by Jonathan Goddard | 17 December 1662 |
| RBO/2i/46 | 'An Experiment of a Tube and Quicksilver' by Jonathan Goddard | 26 May 1663 |
| RBO/1/2 | 'A Brief Experimentall Accompt of the of the Production of Some Colours' by Dr Goddard | 18 January 1661 |
| RBO/2i/13 | 'An Experiment of Exhalation raised from Water and returning to Water again' by Jonathan Goddard | 17 December 1662 |
| RBO/4/19 | 'De Mercurio Quaestiones tres a Johanne Baptista Signi Medico Florentino per Johanne Baptista Gorniam propositae coram Societatis Regali, cum Responsionibus Medicorum Londinensium quorundum ex eadem Societate' | 1669 |
| RBO/1/39 | 'Experiments of Refining Gold with Antimony. The first with severall parcells' by Dr Jonathan Goddard | [1678] |