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John Arbuthnot

Also known as John Arbuthnott, P. P., Clerk of this Parish

Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London (1667-1735)

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Born: 1667
Died: 1735,
Works: 108

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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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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1667
Active to: 1735

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Listeners: 1
Total plays: 2

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,687x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,733x
Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,358x
Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,340x
The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,860x

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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

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Commons category: John Arbuthnot
date of death: 1735-01-01
date of birth: 1667-01-01
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name in native language: John Arbuthnot
P8168: David Tanabe

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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

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

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

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Article

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.

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