Person Bathurst; Ralph (1620 - 1704); physician Bathurst Ralph physician 1620 - 1704 British Male Hothorpe, in the parish of Thedingworth, Northamptonshire, England, Europe 1620 1620 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, Europe 14 June 1704 17040614

Physician; Clergyman Education: Free School, Coventry; Gloucester Hall, Oxford; Trinity College, Oxford (BA 1638; MA 1641; BMed 1653; DMed 1654) Career: Fellow of Trinity College (1640); ordained priest (1644); at the Civil War ceased to act as a priest and became a physician; Physician to the Navy; Chaplain to the King (1663); President of Trinity College, Oxford (1664) and benefactor of the college; Rector of Garsington, Oxfordshire (1664); Dean of Wells (1670); Vice-chancellor of Oxford University (1673-1676); offered and refused bishopric of Bristol (1691); became blind towards the end of his life and died after breaking his thighbone while walking alone in Trinity College gardens Parents: George Bathurst and Elizabeth Villiers Siblings: sixteen in total, six of which died in the Civil War for the Royalist cause Married: Mary Palmer (née Tristram) Additional relatives: nephew Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst Bathurst was not particularly active within the work of the Royal Society in London and was listed amongst 'absent members' in 1674. He was, however, a close friend of Thomas Willis (FRS 1663), with whom he assisted William Petty (FRS 1660) in the resuscitation of Anne Greene. Some of his poetry survives in the ensuing pamphlet 'Newes from the Dead' (1651), as well as in prefatory verses to Thomas Hobbes' 'Human Nature' (1650) and panegyrics to Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, and Charles II. Bathurst was involved in the fund-raising and execution of various building projects in Trinity College, Oxford. He invested £2,000 of his own money into the building of a baroque chapel at Trinity. Overall, he was remembered as a strong supporter of correspondence with intellectual figures so as to help the learning environment at Trinity flourish. Committee and panels: Mechanical Committee (1664) ; Committee for Collecting all the Phenomena of Nature hitherto observed (1664) Fellow 19/08/1663 Admitted on the same day as elected Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; ODNB References: Robert G Frank, Jr, 'John Aubrey, FRS, John Lydall, and Science at Commonwealth Oxford' in NR 1972-3 vol 27 pp 193-217 Bathurst R, IM000293.jpg ©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 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH620 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-9514 1620 - 1704 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 09/03/2022 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA8119 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 24/02/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/11462035 07868c87-f0f8-4fe2-b481-ff6784629430