John Thorpe (1682–1750) was an English physician, antiquarian and
Fellow of the Royal Society.
Life
The eldest son of
John Thorpe
John Thorpe or Thorp (c.1565–1655?; fl.1570–1618) was an English architect.
Life
Little is known of his life, and his work is dubiously inferred, rather than accurately known, from a folio of drawings in the Sir John Soane's Museum, to whic ...
and his wife Ann, sister and coheiress of Oliver Combridge of Newhouse, Kent, he was born at his father's house of Newhouse in the parish of
Penshurst, Kent, on 12 March 1682; his father had an estate in the parishes of Penshurst, Lamberhurst, Tonbridge, and Chiddingstone. He was sent to
Westerham grammar school, where the master was
Thomas Manningham
Thomas Manningham (1651?-1722) was an English churchman, bishop of Chichester from 1709.
Life
He was born about 1651 in the parish of St. George, Southwark, the son of Richard Manningham (d. 1682), rector of Michelmersh, Hampshire, and grandso ...
, and on 14 April 1698 matriculated at
University College, Oxford, graduating B.A. at Michaelmas 1701, M.A. on 27 June 1704, M.B. on 16 May 1707, and M.D. in July 1710.
Thorpe was elected a fellow of the Royal Society on 30 November 1705, and at that time lived in
Ormond Street Ormond may refer to:
People
*Ormond (surname)
* Earl of Ormond (Ireland)
* Earl of Ormond (Scotland)
* Ormond Wilson (1907–1988), New Zealand politician
Places
Ireland
* Ormond (ancient Irish kingdom), in the province of Munster
* Two baronies ...
, London, near his friend
Richard Mead, the physician. In 1715 he settled as a physician in
Rochester, Kent
Rochester ( ) is a town in the unitary authority of Medway, in Kent, England. It is at the lowest bridging point of the River Medway, about from London. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Chatham, Rainham, Strood and Gillin ...
where he lived within the precincts of the cathedral, and attained built up a practice. He died on 30 November 1750 at Rochester, and was buried in the church of
Stockbury
Stockbury is a village and civil parish in the Maidstone district of Kent, England. The population of the civil parish at the Census 2011 was 691.
In 1800, Edward Hasted noted, it was called in the Domesday survey, ''Stochingeberge'', in later r ...
. He had supported
Thomas Hearne,
Browne Willis and other scholars, and gave medical aid to many of the poor in his district.
Works
A student of the architecture, antiquities, and history of the county of Kent. Thorpe made collections that were published in 1769 by his son as ''Registrum Roffense''. The book contains charters given in full, monumental inscriptions, and other historical materials. An index to the inscriptions appeared in 1885, edited by Frederick Arthur Crisp.
Thorpe assisted
Sir Hans Sloane in the publication of ''
Philosophical Transactions
''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'' is a scientific journal published by the Royal Society. In its earliest days, it was a private venture of the Royal Society's secretary. It was established in 1665, making it the first journa ...
'', and published there on 24 July 1704 a letter to Sloane on worms in the heads of sheep. He edited the ''Itinera Alpina Tria'' of
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, and published a sheet of lands contributory to, and a collection of statutes related to, Rochester bridge. Some of his letters were preserved in the
Sloane collection
Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet (16 April 1660 – 11 January 1753), was an Irish physician, naturalist, and collector, with a collection of 71,000 items which he bequeathed to the British nation, thus providing the foundation of the British Mu ...
.
Family
Thorpe married Elizabeth, daughter of John Woodhouse of Shobdon, Herefordshire, and had one son
John.
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Attribution
External links
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1682 births
1750 deaths
18th-century English medical doctors
English antiquarians
Fellows of the Royal Society