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Authorised form of nameWoolhouse; John Thomas (c 1650 - 1734); oculist
Datesc 1650 - 1734
NationalityBritish
Date of birthc. 1650
Place of deathEngland
Date of death15 January 1734
OccupationOculist
ActivityCareer:
Travelled through Europe to learn various ways of treating diseases of the eye; Groom of the Chamber and Oculist to James II; followed James into exile in France (1688); Surgeon to the Hospice des Quinze-Vingts, Paris; had a large practice in Paris; returned to England, where he practised little
Memberships:
Berlin Academy; Noble Institute of Bologna [?Istituto delle Scienze e Arti]; Academia Curiosorum Naturae
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election02/11/1721
RelationshipsCame from a family of oculists
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hirsch
References:
Gentleman's Magazine 1734, p50 (obituary)
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/47114781
CodeNA3698
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EL/W3/111Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris28 April 1725
EL/W3/109Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin27 May 1724
EL/W3/106Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris28 January 1724
LBO/18/32Copy letter from John Thomas Woolhouse, Paris, to James Jurin27 May 1724
LBO/18/34Copy letter from John Woolhouse, Paris, to James Jurin19 June 1724
LBO/18/6Copy letter from John Woolhouse, Paris, to James Jurin28 January 1724
LBO/18/75Copy letter from John Woolhouse, Paris28 April 1725
LBO/18/98Copy letter from John Woolhouse, Paris27 September 1725
LBO/16/7Copy of a letter from John Woolhouse, Paris, to Abraham Moivre 4 November 1712
LBO/19/68Copy letter from John Thomas Woolhouse, Paris, to Willliam Rutty22 March 1728
EL/W3/105Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris1723
EL/W3/112Letter, from John Woolhouse [to the Royal Society], dated at Paris27 September 1725
EL/W3/103Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris9 September 1723
EL/W3/97Letter, from John Woolhouse to Mr [Abraham de] Moivre, dated at Paris4 November 1712
EL/W3/107Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris1734
CLP/12ii/45Letter, concerning epilepsy and cataracts from Waltheri Curiosi Rhaeti to [John Thomas] Woolhouse[1727]
EL/W3/116Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris14 May 1726
EL/W3/108Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin26 April 1724
EL/R2/1Letter, from William Rutty to Mr [John Thomas] Woolhouse22 February 1727
EL/W3/115Letter, from John Woolhouse [to the Royal Society], dated at Paris9 April 1726
EL/W3/117Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris18 May 1726
EL/W3/99Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris1723
EL/W3/100Letter, from John [Thomas] Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris8 July 1723
EL/R2/14Letter, from William Rutty to Mr [John Thomas] Woolhouse20 January 1728
EL/W3/113Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris15 October 1725
EL/W3/102Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris11 August 1723
EL/W3/118Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris10 September 1726
EL/W3/120Letter, from John Woolhouse to William Rutty, dated at Paris22 March 1728
EL/W3/110Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin19 June 1724
EL/W3/104Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris20 October 1723
EL/W3/114Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris21 March 1726
EL/W3/119Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris26 July 1727
EL/W3/101Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris30 July 1723
EL/W3/98Letter, from John Woolhouse to James Jurin, dated at Paris24 January 1721
EL/C2/77Letter, from Castel to [Thomas George] Woolhouse1728
EL/W3/121Letter, from John Woolhouse to William Rutty, dated at Paris7 May 1729
EL/W3/122Letter, from John Woolhouse to William Ruttynd
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