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Authorised form of nameFryer; John (1650 - 1733); physician
Dates1650 - 1733
NationalityBritish
Date of birth1650
Place of deathBread Street, All Hallows, London, England
Date of death31 March 1733
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
All Hallows, Bread Street, London
OccupationPhysician and travel writer
ActivityEducation:
Trinity College, Cambridge; transferred himself to Pembroke College. MB per literas regias (1671); MD (1683); Incorporated at Oxford (1683)
Career:
Left from Gravesend on a tour to India, in the interests of the HEIC (1672); returned to England (1682); published an account of his travels (1698)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election23/03/1698
Age at election48
ProposerRobert Hooke
RelationshipsParents: William Fryer of London
Spouse: married a niece of Rose Desborough, wife of Samuel Desborough
Children: Anna Maria Sanderson
PublishedWorksRCN R60442
OtherInfoBest remembered for his descriptions of travel in Persia and India, with accurate observations in geology, meteorology, and natural history.
It is likely that his family had connections with the British East India Company, a Court Minute of the Company, dated 11 September 1672, records his appointment as “a Chyrurgeon for Surat” and a subsequent letter provides details of his remuneration at “50s. per month to commence at his arriveall” (Fryer, 1909-15, I, p. xiii).
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SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hunter; Foster
References:
Geoffrey Fryer, 'John Fryer, FRS and His Scientific Observations, Made Chiefly in India and Persia Between 1672 and 1682' in NR 1978-9 vol 33 pp 175-206, plate
Notes:
Proposed by Robert Hooke. Ordered to be left off PL Oct 1707 (last appears on 1706 PL), for non-payment of arrears. His birth date is given in an article as 1650.
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