Person Arbuthnot; John (1667 - 1735) Arbuthnot John 1667 - 1735 British Male Arbuthnot, Kincardineshire, Scotland 29 April 1667 His house in Cork Street, London 27 February 1735 Burial: St James's Church, Piccadilly, Westminster, London, England, Europe

The house of Mr William Pate, a woollen draper, in London (1697); Dover Street, Westminster (1718); Hampstead, Middlesex (1734)

Author; Physician Mathematical statistics Education: Marischal College, Aberdeen; St Andrews; MD (1696); Cambridge; MD (Lit Reg 1705) Career: Moved to Doncaster and then to London (1697); gave lessons in mathematics; commenced practice in London (1700); Physician to Prince George of Denmark and to Queen Anne (1705-1714); Physician to Chelsea Hospital (1713); visited France, where his brother was a banker (1714, 1718); friend of Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield (FRS 1708) and of Jonathan Swift; known as a wit and humorous writer Freemason, unnumbered and unamed Lodge at the Bedford's Head, Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London 27 November 1725 Memberships: FRCPE (1707, Honorary); FRCP (1710) Son of a Scottish Episcopal clergyman who lost his preferment at the Glorious Revolution Royal Society roles: Council: 1706, 1708-1714, 1716, 1726-1727 Fellow 30/11/1704 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Venn; Munk; Thomas References: A W F Edwards, 'Is the Frontispiece of Gulliver's Travels a Likeness of Newton?' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 191-194 A Cook, 'The end of the affair. The correspondence of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, vol 3 (1703-1719) by E G Forbes, L Murdin and F Willmoth' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 113-116 'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' 2010. Library and Museum of Freemasonry, page 4-5 Notes: Box 155 cited as a source. Munk says he received his MD from Aberdeen ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 'An Examination of Dr Woodward's Account of the Deluge, etc..' 1697; 'Essay on the usefulness of Mathematical learning' 1700 29 Apr 1667 - 27 Feb 1735 NA6385 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 4acb348d-89b2-4067-9693-da23a748b52f