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Lady Elizabeth Cavendish was born on 22 February 1654. She was the daughter of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and FrancesPierrepont. She married, firstly, Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, son of George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle and Anne Clarges, on 30 December 1669 at The Cockpit, Whitehall, London, England. She married, secondly, Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, son of Edward Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton and Anne Winwood, on 8 September 1692. She died on 28 August 1734 at age 80 at House, Clerkenwell, London, ENewcastle ngland, without surviving issue. She was buried on 11 September 1734 at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England. She died intestate and her estate was administered on 4 November 1734.
From 30 December 1669, her married name became Monck. As a result of her marriage, Lady Elizabeth Cavendish was styled as Duchess of Albemarle on 3 January 1669/70. Lady Elizabeth Cavendish also went by the nick-name of ‘the Mad Duchess’. From 8 September 1692, her married name became Montagu. As a result of her marriage, Lady Elizabeth Cavendish was styled as Countess Montagu on 8 September 1692. As a result of her marriage, Lady Elizabeth Cavendish was styled as Duchess of Montagu on 14 April 1705.
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- [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 90.
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Herman Boerhaave was a Dutch physician, botanist, and humanist famous for his teaching at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Leiden. He was a fellow of the Academie des sciences and the Royal Society
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Boerhaave [accessed 26 February 2017].
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Posted on February 18, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Christopher Morley (b.1645/6) studied medicine at Leiden University from 1676-1679 obtaining an MD. During this time he attended the anatomical lectures of Drelincourt and studied chemistry with Maets. In 1679 Morley published a small work on an epidemic fever prevalent in England and the Netherlands, which he dedicated to the Royal College of Physicians. He was elected honorary Fellow of the College the following year. Morley travelled to the Indies in 1683 and settled in London to practice medicine in 1684.
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J. F. Payne, “Morley, Christopher Love (b. 1645/6)”, rev. Patrick Wallis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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Ezechiel de Spanheim (1629-1710) was born in Geneva and studied at the University of Leyden. He became Professor of Rhetoric in Geneva in 1650. He tutored Charles I Louis, Elector of Palatine’s son and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1679. As a diplomat he represented German states in Paris and London.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel,_Freiherr_von_Spanheim. accessed 27th February 2017
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Source engraving, reproduced by the Fitzwilliam Museum
Author Robert White (1645-1703)
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Posted on February 12, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Thomas Salmon (bap.1647 d. 1706) graduated Trinity College in 1664, received his BA in 1667 and MA in 1670 in Mathematics. In 1672 he published “Essay to the Advancement of Musick” which was recommended by the Royal Society but found to be controversial and began an ongoing disagreement between Salmon and Matthew Locke. In 1688 Salmon published “A Proposal to perform music in Perfect and Mathematical Proportions” that was largely ignored by the music world. In 1701 he shifted to publishing several historical works until 1705 when he gave a lecture at the Royal Society in “Just Inotation” accompanied by performers playing instruments modified to his designs. The lecture was written up in Philosophical Transactions. Salmon died the rector of Meppershall in 1706.
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(“Donald R. Boomgaarden, “Salmon, Thomas (bap. 1647, d. 1706)”, The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; Henry Davey “Thomas Salmon (1648-1706)” Wikisource).
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Posted on February 28, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Govard Bidloo (1649-1713) was a predominant Dutch physician whose research focussed primarily on anatomy research. He was a professor of anatomy at The Hague giving lectures on anatomical dissection before he became the professor of anatomy and surgery at Leiden in 1694. He became a fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1696. He was the physician of William III, King of England, who died in his arms in 1702. His most famous publication is Anatomia Humani Corporis (1685) illustrated by Gerard de Lairesse featuring images and notes of living and dissected human figures.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govert_Bidloo accessed 28th February 2017
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Posted on February 5, 2017 by Amy Smith -
Maurice Thompson, 2nd Baron Haversham, (1675-1745) was a British politician and soldier. He assumed the title of baron and joined the House of Lords after the death of his father John Thompson, 1st Baron Haversham, in 1710. He also served as Treasurer of the Excise between 1717 and 1718.
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G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, (eds), The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 410.
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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
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