John Covel

John Covel 1716

John Covel ( April 2, 1638 in Horningsheath, Suffolk - December 19, 1722 in Cambridge) was an English clergyman and scientist. Among other things, he worked as a clergyman for the Levant Company in Constantinople . From 1670 to 1677 he was clergyman at the English embassy in Constantinople. Part of his diaries from this period (1670 to 1679) were published by the Hakluyt Society .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Ray Desmond: Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. London 1994, ISBN 0-85066-843-3 , p. 172
↑ Cem Behar: Musıkiden Müziğe - Osmanlı / Türk Müziği: Gelenek ve Modernlik. İstanbul 2005, ISBN 9789750810008 , p. 30
^ Early Voyages and Travels in the Levant. I. The Diary of Master Thomas Dallam, 1599-1600. II.- Extracts from the Diaries of Dr John Covel, 1670-1679. With Some Account of the Levant Company of Turkey merchants. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by James Theodore Bent, FSA, FRGS, London 1893, ( Online at archive.org. )

personal data
SURNAME	Covel, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English clergyman and scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 2, 1638
PLACE OF BIRTH	Horningsheath, Suffolk
DATE OF DEATH	December 19, 1722
Place of death	Cambridge

[Desmond-1] Ray Desmond: Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. London 1994, ISBN 0-85066-843-3 , p. 172

[2] Cem Behar: Musıkiden Müziğe - Osmanlı / Türk Müziği: Gelenek ve Modernlik. İstanbul 2005, ISBN 9789750810008 , p. 30

[3] Early Voyages and Travels in the Levant. I. The Diary of Master Thomas Dallam, 1599-1600. II.- Extracts from the Diaries of Dr John Covel, 1670-1679. With Some Account of the Levant Company of Turkey merchants. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by James Theodore Bent, FSA, FRGS, London 1893, ( Online at archive.org. )