Jonathan Goddard

Jonathan Goddard (born January / February 1617 in Chatham or Greenwich , † March 24, 1675 in London ) was an English doctor, member of parliament and professor. He was a founding member of the Royal Society .

Life

He was the son of Henry Goddard of a wealthy shipbuilder from Deptford. He received his schooling in Chatham with Mr. Chapman and Mr. Spencer and then private lessons with Mr. Dier. From 1632 he studied at Oxford University (Magdalen Hall) and from 1637 at Cambridge University (Christ's College) medicine (MB degree 1638). In 1643 he became a member of the Royal College of Physicians (MD of St. Catharine's College 1643, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians 1646) and looked after Charles I as a doctor when he was imprisoned by Parliament. In 1649/50 he was a doctor in the parliamentary army. In 1651 he became Warden of Merton College, Oxford, where he became a member of the Oxford Philosophical Club of John Wilkins , a forerunner of the Royal Society. In 1653 he was a representative of Oxford in the rump parliament . In 1655 he became professor of medicine at Gresham College , London. He was one of the five doctors who cared for Oliver Cromwell on his deathbed (with George Bate, Thomas Trapham, John Bathurst, Laurence Wright). When Charles II ascended the throne in 1660, he lost his post as Warden of Merton College, Oxford, but retained his professorship at Gresham College until his death. In 1660 he was a founding member of the Royal Society and on its council. When the Royal Society lost its premises in early 1661, they met in Goddard's offices at Gresham College.

He is said to be the first Englishman to develop and use a telescope.

Fonts (selection)

Observations concerning the nature and similar parts of a tree. London 1664.
The Fruit Tree's Secrets. London 1664.
A Discourse concerning Physick and the many Abuses thereof by Apothecaries. London 1668.
Discourse setting forth the unhappy condition of the Practice of Physic in London. London 1669.
Medicamenta Goddardiana . Edw. Jones, London 1688, OCLC 766919686 .
Arcana Goddardiana. 1691, OCLC 751604154 .

literature

William Munk: Jonathan Goddard . In: The roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London . tape 1 : From 1518 to 1700 . The Royal College of Physicians, London 1878, p. 240 ( munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk ).
Goddard, Jonathan . In: John Venn , John Archibald Venn (eds.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 1: From the earliest times to 1751 , volume 2 : Dabbs-Juxton . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1922, pp. 226 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Copeman WS C: Dr Jonathan Goddard, FR S . In: The Royal Society (Ed.): Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London . tape 15 , no. 1 , July 1960, p. 69-77 , doi : 10.1098 / rsnr.1960.0006 .
R. Knoeff: [Jonathan Goddard (1617-1675), chemistry, medicine and the Royal Society] . In: Gewina . tape 20 , no. 1 , 1997, ISSN 0928-303X , p. 1-13 , PMID 11625037 .
Jonathan Charles Goddard: Goddard's Dropps: a Paradox of the C17th . In: Urology News . September 1, 2015 (English, urologynews.uk.com ).

Web links

Literature by and about Jonathan Goddard in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

↑ Goddard, Jonathan . In: John Venn , John Archibald Venn (eds.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 1: From the earliest times to 1751 , volume 2 : Dabbs-Juxton . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1922, pp. 226 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ William Munk: Jonathan Goddard . In: The roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London . tape 1 : From 1518 to 1700 . The Royal College of Physicians, London 1878, p. 240 ( munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk - states Greenwich as the place of birth).
↑ LJ Bruce-Chwatt: George Bate - Cromwell's Devious Physician . In: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . tape 17 , no. 2 , April 1983, p. 144–146 , here p. 144, right column above , PMC 5370937 (free full text).
↑ Robert Watt: Goddard, Jonathan . In: Bibliotheca Britannica; Or, A General Index to British and Foreign Literature . tape 1 : Authors . Constable, Edinburgh 1824, Sp. 420-421 ( books.google.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Goddard, Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British medic
DATE OF BIRTH	January 1617 or February 1617
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chatham or Greenwich
DATE OF DEATH	March 24, 1675
Place of death	London

[1] Goddard, Jonathan . In: John Venn , John Archibald Venn (eds.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 1: From the earliest times to 1751 , volume 2 : Dabbs-Juxton . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1922, pp. 226 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[2] William Munk: Jonathan Goddard . In: The roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London . tape 1 : From 1518 to 1700 . The Royal College of Physicians, London 1878, p. 240 ( munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk - states Greenwich as the place of birth).

[3] LJ Bruce-Chwatt: George Bate - Cromwell's Devious Physician . In: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London . tape 17 , no. 2 , April 1983, p. 144–146 , here p. 144, right column above , PMC 5370937 (free full text).

[4] Robert Watt: Goddard, Jonathan . In: Bibliotheca Britannica; Or, A General Index to British and Foreign Literature . tape 1 : Authors . Constable, Edinburgh 1824, Sp. 420-421 ( books.google.de ).