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John Arbuthnot
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Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London (1667-1735)
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John Arbuthnot was a male mathematician, writer, composer, and physician from the Kingdom of Great Britain. He was educated at the University of St Andrews, Marischal College, and the University of Oxford, where he earned a Doctor of Medicine degree. Arbuthnot was a member of the Royal Society, the Royal College of Physicians, London, and the Scriblerus Club. He was also a member of the Tory political party.
Born in Inverbervie in 1667, Arbuthnot died in London in 1735 and was buried at St James’s Church, Piccadilly. His notable works include *John Bull*, *Miscellanies*, and *An essay concerning the nature of aliments, and the choice of them*. He received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society. Arbuthnot spoke English and is described by sources such as the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition and the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, Wikiquote, Europeana Sparql, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1667
- Died
- 1735,
- Works
- 108
Top works
- Miscellanies
- An essay concerning the nature of aliments, and the choice of them
- Caroli [!] Arbuthnotii Tabulae antiquorum nummorum, mensurarum et ponderum, pretiique rerum venalium
- A letter from the facetious Dr. Andrew Tripe at Bath, to his loving brother the profound Greshamite [i.e. John Woodward]
- A supplement to the Works of Alexander Pope esq
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1667
- Active to
- 1735
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 2
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,644x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,680x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,923x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,594x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,138x
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Quotes
- “I exhort all People, gentle and simple, men, women and children, to buy, to read, to extol, these labours of mine. Let them not fear to defend every article; for I will bear them harmless. I have arguments good store, and can easily confute, either logically, theologically, or metaphysically, all those who oppose me.”
- “All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.”
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Key facts
- Born
- 1667 (baptised on 29 April), Kincardineshire , Kingdom of Scotland
- Died
- 27 February 1735 (aged 67), London , England , Kingdom of Great Britain
- Education
- Marischal College, University of Aberdeen
- Occupations
- physician, satirist, polymath
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Inverbervie
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- physician
- Educated at
- University of Oxford
- Political party
- Tories
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Medicine
- Image
- Arbuthnot John Kneller.jpg
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- member of
- Scriblerus Club
- Commons category
- John Arbuthnot
- date of death
- 1735-01-01
- date of birth
- 1667-01-01
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- Commons gallery
- John Arbuthnot
- name in native language
- John Arbuthnot
- place of burial
- St James’s Church, Piccadilly
- P8168
- David Tanabe
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
18 objects attributed to John Arbuthnot, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Swift's und Arbuthnot's vorzüglichste prosaische Schriften, satyrischen, humoristischen und andern Inhalts, Fünfter Band. Lemuel Gullivers Reisen zu verschiedenen entfernten Nationen
Swift's und Arbuthnot's vorzüglichste prosaische Schriften, satyrischen, humoristischen und andern Inhalts, Sechster Band. Lemuel Gullivers Reisen zu verschiedenen entfernten Nationen
Swift's und Arbuthnot's vorzüglichste prosaische Schriften, satyrischen, humoristischen und andern Inhalts, Zweiter Band
Swift's und Arbuthnot's vorzüglichste prosaische Schriften, satyrischen, humoristischen und andern Inhalts, Vierter Band
Swift's und Arbuthnot's vorzüglichste prosaische Schriften, satyrischen, humoristischen und andern Inhalts, Dritter Band
An essay concerning the effects of air on human bodies
Swift's und Arbuthnot's vorzüglichste prosaische Schriften, satyrischen, humoristischen und andern Inhalts, Erster Band
Tables of ancient coins, weights and measures
![Essai Sur La Nature, Et Le Choix Des Alimens, Suivant Les Differentes Constitutions : Ou On explique les différens effets, les avantages, & les desavantages de la nourriture animale, & végétale ; Traduit de l'Anglois [par Pierre Boyer de la Prébandie], 1](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb11410480_00003%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Essai Sur La Nature, Et Le Choix Des Alimens, Suivant Les Differentes Constitutions : Ou On explique les différens effets, les avantages, & les desavantages de la nourriture animale, & végétale ; Traduit de l'Anglois [par Pierre Boyer de la Prébandie], 1
Entwurf von den Eigenschaften der Speisen und Getränke und der geschickten Wahl derselben nach den unterschiedenen Beschaffenheiten der menschlichen Leiber worinnen die verschiedenen Wirkungen Nutzen und Schaden der Kost von Thieren und Pflanzen erkläret werden
Caroli Arbuthnotii Tabulae Antiquorum Nummorum Mensurarum Et Ponderum, Pretiique Rerum Venalium : Variis Dissertationibus explicatae et exemplis illustratae. Ex Anglica in Linguam Latinam conversae Opera Dan. Königii, M.D.
Essai sur la nature ... des alimens
Entwurf von den Eigenschaften der Speisen und Getränke und der geschickten Wahl derselben nach den unterschiedenen Beschaffenheiten der menschlichen Leiber worinnen die verschiedenen Wirkungen Nutzen und Schaden der Kost von Thieren und Pflanzen erkläret werden
Le Proces Sans Fin, Ou L'Histoire De John Bull
Clarissimi Viri Johannis Arbuthnot, Med. Doct. ... Specimen Edfectuum Aëris In Humano Corpore
Memoirs of the extraordinary life, works and discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus
![Essai Sur La Nature, Et Le Choix Des Alimens, Suivant Les Differentes Constitutions : Ou On explique les différens effets, les avantages, & les desavantages de la nourriture animale, & végétale ; Traduit de l'Anglois [par Pierre Boyer de la Prébandie], 2. Regles Pratiques Sur La Diéte Dans Les Differentes Constitutions Et Maladies Du Corps Humain](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb11410481_00001%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Essai Sur La Nature, Et Le Choix Des Alimens, Suivant Les Differentes Constitutions : Ou On explique les différens effets, les avantages, & les desavantages de la nourriture animale, & végétale ; Traduit de l'Anglois [par Pierre Boyer de la Prébandie], 2. Regles Pratiques Sur La Diéte Dans Les Differentes Constitutions Et Maladies Du Corps Humain
Entwurf von den Eigenschaften der Speisen und Getränke und der geschickten Wahl derselben nach den unterschiedenen Beschaffenheiten der menschlichen Leiber worinnen die verschiedenen Wirkungen Nutzen und Schaden der Kost von Thieren und Pflanzen erkläret werden
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Encyclopedic overview
John Arbuthnot FRS (baptised 29 April 1667 – 27 February 1735), often known simply as Dr Arbuthnot, was a Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London. He is best remembered for his contributions to mathematics, his membership in the Scriblerus Club (where he inspired Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels book III and Alexander Pope's Peri Bathous, Or the Art of Sinking in Poetry, Memoirs of Martin Scriblerus, and possibly The Dunciad), and for inventing the figure of John Bull.
Biography
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