Pier Antonio Micheli (1679-1737) was a Catholic priest and Italian botanist. He studied under Bruno Tozzi and in 1706 was appointed botanist to Cosimo III de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Micheli’s Nova plantarum genera was published in 1729 and marked a development in the knowledge of fungi.
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(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier_Antonio_Micheli [accessed 14 April 2017]).
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer accessed 12th March 2017
John Lowthorp (c 1659-1724) was a clergyman and librarian to James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1702.
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(https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27lowthorp%27%29 [accessed 6 March 2017]).
Anna Hermann was the wife of Leiden-based physician and botanist Paul Hermann (1646-1695).
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(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hermann [accessed 7 March 2017]).
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) was a Dutch tradesman and scientist. He is known for his contributions to microbiology and microscopy.
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(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek [accessed 7 March 2017]).
Sir John Floyer was a physician, advocate of cold bathing, and advised Dr Samuel Johnson, when the latter was a child, to visit Queen Anne to cure his king’s evil, which was done 1714.
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(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Floyer_(physician) [accessed 7 March 2017]).
Bruno Tozzi (1656-1743) was an Italian clergyman and botanist. He corresponded with James Petiver.
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(http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Tozzi [accessed 8 March 2017]).
Richard Darnelly (d. 1733) was a physician and Member of the Royal College of Physicians, serving as a Censor in 1709.
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(http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/1146 [accessed 9 March 2017]).
Joseph Andrews (c. 1691-1753) was Paymaster of the Forces and a Freemason. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1727.
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(https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=1&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27andrews%27%29 [accessed 9 March 2017]).
Giorgio (Gjuro) Baglivi (1668-1707) was an Italian physician and scientist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1698. His published works on human anatomy were popular.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjuro_Baglivi accessed 12th March 2017