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John Fothergill FRS (8 March 1712 – 26 December 1780) was an English physician, plant collector, philanthropist and Quaker. His medical writings were influential, and he built up a sizeable botanic garden in what is now West Ham Park in London.
John Fothergill (1730–1782) was a merchant from Birmingham, England.. Fothergill was the manufacturer Matthew Boulton's business partner [1] between 1762 and 1782. Fothergill's expertise was mainly in trading - he had served an apprenticeship in Königsberg, spoke French and German, and had travelled widely in Europe as an agent for other manufacturers.
Fothergill was born in Southampton, England and brought up in Darlington. [1] He came from a family who had a doctor in the family in the previous six generations. [4] His ancestor was the eminent Quaker physician and naturalist John Fothergill and his own branch of the family came from the elder brother of John Fothergill.
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John Fothergill may refer to: John Fothergill (physician) (1712–1780), English physician and botanist John Fothergill (merchant) (1730–1782), English merchant
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Fothergill was well read in books, and a keen student of men and manners. He is described as having been dignified, courteous, grave, and yet affable. His writings were chiefly tracts or brief addresses, but the number of times they have been reprinted proves them to have been highly valued by the Quakers.