Person Fothergill; John (1712 - 1780); physician Fothergill John physician 1712 - 1780 British Male Carr End, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England 08 March 1712 Harper Street, London 26 December 1780 Burial: Society of Friends' cemetery, Winchmore Hill

Physician 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 Son of John Fothergill and his wife Margaret (nee Hough) Fellow 23/06/1763 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. ©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/image-rs-13877 8 Mar 1712 - 26 Dec 1780 NA8221 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes b9369b4c-514d-4d67-bcd5-587c87c053c1