John Hill ( ? 1716 - )

Education: Diploma in medicine (St Andrew's) Career: Apprenticed to an apothecary; employed by the Duke of Richmond and by Lord Petre for garden design; kept an apothecary's shop in James Street, Covent Garden; knew Martin Folkes and Henry Baker; JP for Westminster; kept gardens in Bayswater where he grew plants for use in his own medicines; attacked the Royal Society in satirical pamphlets after being rejected; known as Sir John because he was of the Swedish order of Vasa Membership: Candidate.