Person Martyn; John (1699 - 1768) Martyn John 1699 - 1768 British Male Queen Street, London, England 12 September 1699 Chelsea, London 29 January 1768

Great St Helen's, Bishopsgate, London (1727-1730); Church Street, Chelsea (1730); Hill House, Streatham Common, Surrey (1752)

Apothecary Botany Education: Emmanuel College, Cambridge (admitted 1730) Career: Worked in his father's counting house, but studied botany from an early age; lectured on botany and materia medica in London and Cambridge; practised as an apothecary and later as a physician in London; friend of Patrick Blair (FRS 1712); with John Jacob Dillenius (FRS 1724), Philip Miller (FRS 1730) and others, established a botanical society which met for some years every Saturday morning at the Rainbow Coffee House, Watling Street (1721); with Alexander Russel wrote the 'Grub Street Journal' (1730-1737); Professor of Botany, Cambridge (1732-1762), due to lack of encouragement he ceased to lecture in 1735; corresponded with Sloane, Linnaeus and others; published an abridgment of 'Philosophical Transactions' 1719-1750 (1734-1756) Son of Thomas Martyn, merchant, of Hamburg and his wife, Katharine Weedon; married Eulalia, daughter of John King, DD, rector of Chelsea and prebendary of York; father of Thomas Martyn (FRS 1786) Fellow 30/03/1727 John Diodate Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn References: Frank N Egerton, 'Richard Bradley's Relationship with Sir Hans Sloane' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 59-77 L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305 Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1768), p94; obituary, London Magazine (1768), p106 Bro. J R Clarke 'The Royal Society and Early Grand Lodge Freemasonry' in Transactions of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge Notes: London Magazine gives death place as Streatham 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 12 Sep 1699 - 29 Jan 1768 NA8396 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/18650208 b25b3d84-1565-4400-bc9e-89fe37c7ab48