John Arbuthnot (Q377217)
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* 1776-04-29, + 1735-02-27, Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | John Arbuthnot |
* 1776-04-29, + 1735-02-27, Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London |
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29 April 1667Julian
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27 February 1735Julian
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Career: Taught mathematics in London; private tutor to Jeffrey Jeffreys; appointed to Royal Society committee to oversee publication of Historia coelestis 1705; Physician to Prince George; Physician extraordinary to Queen Anne 1705; fourth physician-in-ordinary 1709; physician of Chelsea Hospital 1713; second censor of the Royal College of Physicians 1723
Coteries: Scriblerus Club: Swift, Pope, Parnell, Gay, and Lord Treasurer Oxford, Handel
Periodicals etc.: Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions (?An argument for divine providence, taken from the constant regularity observed in the births of both sexes?), 1710; Contributed to writing Three Hours after Marriage, a comedy principally by John Gay; contributed four stanzas to Thomson's Castle of Indolence (1748); early numbers of Smollett's Critical Review; The miscellaneous works of John Armstrong, M.D. In verse and prose (The Oeconomy of Love; The Art of Preserving Health; Marriage, an Ode; Benevolence; Taste, an Epistle; A Day, an Epistle to John Wilkes, Esq; Sketches or Essays On Various Subjects), 1767
Overall: Dr. Arbuthnot is best known for his association with the Scriblerus Club. He published a number of prose works regarding medicine, as well as some satirical prose works and fewer poetry.
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