APS Members Bibliography

John Fothergill (293)

Election date: 1770

John Fothergill (8 March 1712–26 December 1780) was a physician, and a member of the American Philosophical Society, elected in 1770. He was born in Yorkshire, England to a Quaker family and entered a distinguished grammar school in Sedbergh. In 1728 he apprenticed under a Quaker minister who encouraged Fothergill to study medicine at Edinburgh University. He graduated with his M.D. in 1736 and continued his medical training at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London. He found difficulty establishing himself amongst the elite Londoner physicians, so he decided instead to focus his practice on the urban poor. Finally in 1744, he became the first English Edinburgh graduate to be licensed by the Royal College of Physicians. Four years later he published an account of a London epidemic in which he advised against blood-letting and purging in favor of a proper diet and a plant-based febrifuge for treatment. The instantaneous success of this book made him one of the wealthiest physicians in England. Fothergill then published early and innovative accounts of tic douloureux, migraine headaches, angina pectoris, epilepsy, tubercular meningitis, rabies, obesity, and menopause. Developing connections in the colonies, he became a political advisor to fellow Quakers in the Pennsylvania assembly. In 1757 the assembly sent Benjamin Franklin to London, where Fothergill would treat an ill Franklin shortly after his arrival. Fothergill’s relationship with America grew: he became a trustee of the Pennsylvania Land Company (1760), he published a pamphlet advocating for the repeal of the Stamp Act (1765), and he joined Franklin in an attempt to negotiate peace before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War (1775). Fothergill continued advocating for the downtrodden until his death, founding the Ackworth School in Yorkshire for the education of the poor, raising funds for the New York Hospital, supporting the abolition of the slave trade, and continuing to provide free medical treatment to the poor. He died of a urinary retention, likely having to do with prostate cancer. (DNB)

Although this bibliography excludes collections of works and serials as a general rule, researchers should note that APS holds three copies of two separate editions of the collected works edited and printed posthumously, which can be found in the catalog.

Member(s): John Fothergill

293.001

An account of the sore throat attended with ulcers : a disease which hath of late years appeared in this city, and the parts adjacent.

Creator(s):

Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 (Author)

Publication:

London: printed for C. Davis, over-against Gray's-Inn Gate, Holborn, [1748]

Subjects:

Diphtheria.

Record Source:

ESTC

APS Subjects:

Medicine

Editions:

3x 1748 (London), 1x 1751 (London), 1x 1754 (London), 1x 1769 (London), 1x 1777 (London)

Editions Note:

Seven editions: three in 1748 (London), one in 1751 (London), one in 1754 (London), one in 1769 (London), and one in 1777 (London).

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Member(s): John Fothergill

293.002

A brief account of the people called Quakers : their doctrines and discipline : taken from a dictionary of arts and sciences, lately published at Edinburgh.

Creator(s):

Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 (Author)

Publication:

[Edinburgh?], [1772?]

Record Source:

ESTC

APS Subjects:

Religion

Editions:

3x 1772 (1x Edinburgh, 2x London), 2x 1773 (London), 1x 1776 (Dublin), 2x 1777 (London, Milborneport), 1x 1787 (Philadelphia), 1x 1791 (Leeds), 1x 1792 (Stockport), 1x 1794 (London)

Editions Note:

Twelve editions. Three in 1772 (one in Edinburgh, two in London), two in 1773 (London), one in 1776 (Dublin), two in 1777 (London, Milborneport), one in 1787 (Philadelphia), one in 1791 (Leeds), one in 1792 (Stockport), one in 1794 (London). Written by John and Samuel Fothergill for the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1771.

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Member(s): John Fothergill

293.003

Considerations relative to the North American colonies.

Creator(s):

Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 (Author)

Publication:

London: printed by Henry Kent, at the Printing-Office in Finch-Lane, near the Royal Exchange, [1765]

Subjects:

United States -- Politics and government -- To 1775. | Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Early works to 1800.

Record Source:

ESTC

References:

Sabin 25271

APS Subjects:

Politics

Editions:

1x 1765 (London)

Editions Note:

One edition. Per ESTC: Originally "part of a letter to the Marquis of R. dated 1765, contains a draft of 'Considerations ...' slightly differing from the printed work - see Rockingham Papers, Sheffield Library, UK," and published anonymously.

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Member(s): John Fothergill

293.004

Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de emeticorum usu in variis morbis tractandis : quam, ... pro gradu doctoratus, ... eruditorum examini subjicit Joannes Fothergill ...

Creator(s):

Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 (Author)

Publication:

Edinburgi: in ædibus Tho. Ruddimanni, 1736.

Record Source:

ESTC

APS Subjects:

Medicine

Editions:

1x 1736 (Edinburgi)

Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): John Fothergill

293.005

An english freeholder's address, to his countrymen.

Creator(s):

Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 (Author)

Publication:

London: printed for G. Robinson, No. 25, in Pater-Noster-Row; and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, 1780.

Subjects:

Speeches, addresses, etc., English -- Early works to 1800. | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.

Record Source:

ESTC

APS Subjects:

Politics

Editions:

1x 1780 (London)

Editions Note:

One edition. Sometimes also attributed to Henry Zouch.

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Member(s): John Fothergill

293.006

The epistle from the Yearly-Meeting in London, held by adjournments, from the twenty-fourth of the fifth month 1779, to the twenty-ninth of the same, inclusive : to the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings of Friends in Great-Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere.

Creator(s):

Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 (Author) | London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Corporate Author)

Publication:

[Philadelphia: printed by Joseph Crukshank?], 1779.

Subjects:

Society of Friends -- Records and correspondence -- Early works to 1800.

Record Source:

ESTC

References:

Evans 16280

APS Subjects:

Religion

Editions:

1x 1779 (Philadelphia)

Editions Note:

One edition. Signed (p. 3 and 4): John Fothergill, Clerk to the Meeting this year.

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Member(s): John Fothergill

293.007

The epistle from the yearly-meeting, held in London, by adjournments, from the 11th day of the sixth month 1764, to the 16th of the same, inclusive : to the quarterly and monthly meetings of Friends and Brethren, in Great Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere.

Creator(s):

Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 (Author) | London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Corporate Author)

Publication:

[London: s.n.], 1764.

Subjects:

Society of Friends -- Pastoral letters and charges.

Record Source:

LCP

References:

Evans 41443

APS Subjects:

Religion

Editions:

1x 1764 (London), 1x 1779 (Philadelphia)

Editions Note:

Two editions: one in 1764 (London), one in 1779 (Philadelphia)

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Member(s): John Fothergill

293.008

Experimenta et meletemata de plantarum generatione : auctore Jacobo Logan, judice supremo, et praeside Concilii Provinciae Pensilvaniensis in America = experiments and considerations on the generation of plants : by James Logan, president of the Council, and chief justice of the province of Pensilvania : translated from the original Latin.

Creator(s):

Logan, James, 1674-1751 (Author) | Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 (Author)

Publication:

London: Printed for C. Davis, over-against Gray's-Inn Gate, Holborn, 1747.

Subjects:

Fertilization of plants. | Plants -- Reproduction.

Record Source:

LCP

APS Subjects:

Science

Editions:

1x 1747 (London)

Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): John Fothergill

293.009

Explanatory remarks on the preface to Sydney Parkinson's Journal of a voyage to the South-Seas.

Creator(s):

Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 (Author)

Publication:

[London?]: [s.n].], 1773.

Subjects:

Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800. | Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.

Record Source:

ESTC

APS Subjects:

Exploration

Editions:

1x (London)

Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): John Fothergill

293.010

A letter from J. Fothergill, to a Friend in the country, relative to the intended school, at Ackworth, in Yorkshire : with a plan and elevation of the building.

Creator(s):

Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 (Author)

Publication:

London: printed and sold by James Phillips, George-Yard, Lombard-Street, [1778]

Subjects:

Society of Friends -- Education.

Record Source:

ESTC

References:

Sabin 58788

APS Subjects:

Surveying

Editions:

1x 1778 (London), 1x 1779 (London)

Editions Note:

Two editions: one in 1778 and one in 1779. Written in "London, 24th 1st Month, 1779," (probably 1778) - p. 42.

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Member(s): John Fothergill

293.011

Morning-Meeting, the 8th of the seventh month 1776 : Thomas Corbyn brought in a manuscript from John Fothergill, addressed to the Friends nominated at the last yearly-meeting to visit the quarterly and monthly-meetings in Great-Britain and Ireland, and to the members of our society in general, which was read and corrected, and we are of opinion it will be of service to be printed : to the Friends nominated at the late yearly-meeting to visit the quarterly and monthly-meetings in Great-Britain and Ireland, and to the members of our society in general.

Creator(s):

Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 (Author)

Publication:

[London: s.n.], 1776.

Subjects:

Religious gatherings -- Early works to 1800. | Society of Friends -- Early works to 1800. | Quakers -- Early works to 1800.

Record Source:

ESTC

References:

Evans 14768

APS Subjects:

Religion

Editions:

2x 1776 (London)

Editions Note:

Two editions.

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Member(s): John Fothergill

293.012

Select works of William Penn : to which is prefixed a journal of his life.

Creator(s):

Penn, William, 1644-1718 (Author) | Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 (Editor)

Publication:

London: [s.n.], 1771.

Subjects:

Theology. | Collected works. | 18th century. | Ethics.

Record Source:

APS

APS Subjects:

Religion

Editions:

1x 1771 (London)

Editions Note:

One edition. Probably edited by John Fothergill. cf. Dict. nat. biog.; also J. Smith's Descriptive catalogue of Friends' books.

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Member(s): John Fothergill

293.013

A sketch of the late epidemick disease, as it appeared in London.

Creator(s):

Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 (Author)

Publication:

[London: n.p.], 1775.

Record Source:

ESTC

APS Subjects:

Medicine

Editions:

1x 1775 (London)

Editions Note:

One edition.

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Member(s): John Fothergill

293.014

Some account of the late Peter Collinson, Fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries, in London, and of the Royal Societies of Berlin and Upsal.

Creator(s):

Fothergill, John, 1712-1780 (Author)

Publication:

London: [s.n], [1770]

Record Source:

ESTC

APS Subjects:

Medicine

Editions:

2x 1770 (London), 1x 1785 (London)

Editions Note:

Two editions, both in 1770, although a third may have appeared in 1785: retitling and cataloging makes discernment difficult.

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