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The first Thompson and Morgan catalogue was created in 1855. They now produce over 20 different catalogues that are distributed in the UK, US, French and German markets. Catalogues are distributed by mail and can be requested directly from the company by telephone or via their websites.
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.
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.
Fothergill, son of surgeon George Fothergill and his wife Sarah Milner, was born at Morland, Westmorland, on 11 April 1841, studied at the University of Edinburgh, and there graduated M.D. 1865. [1] He afterwards studied at Vienna and Berlin and began professional work as a general practitioner at Morland. [1]
Roger Shakespear also written as Roger Shakespeare (flourished 1777–1782) was a botanical collector. [1] He is known to have collected specimens in South America, North America and Jamaica for Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820) and Dr John Fothergill (1712–1780).
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.
The Reverend Marmaduke Fothergill (1652 – 1731) was a Yorkshire clergyman, a scholar of Christian liturgy and collector of books. [1] [2] [3] His donated collection is held as the Fothergill Collection at York Minster Library. [4] It includes some titles which were previously in the library of John Price (Pricaeus). [5]
Fothergill was left £20,000 (£1,522,086 in 2023) by Warren. His book, Confessions of an Innkeeper was dedicated to Warren's partner and main beneficiary. [3] The Spread Eagle Hotel, managed by Fothergill in the 1920s. In 1922, Fothergill bought the Spread Eagle Hotel in Thame and turned it into a success through the decade before it closed in ...