John Thomas Woolhouse ( c 1650 - 1734 )

Birth: c 1650 Death: England (15 January 1734) Profession: Oculist Career: Travelled through Europe to learn various ways of treating diseases of the eye; Groom of the Chamber and Oculist to James II; followed James into exile in France (1688); Surgeon to the Hospice des Quinze-Vingts, Paris; had a large practice in Paris; returned to England, where he practised little Memberships: Berlin Academy; Noble Institute of Bologna [?Istituto delle Scienze e Arti]; Academia Curiosorum Naturae Membership: Fellow Election Date: 2/11/1721.