John Woodward ( 1665 - 1728 )

Birth: Derbyshire, England (01 May 1665) Death: At his apartments in Gresham College, London (25 April 1728) Burial: Westminster Abbey Profession: Physician Research Field: Geology; Botany, Antiquarianism Education: Apprenticed to a linen draper; pupil of Peter Barwick FCP; MD (Lambeth 1695); incorporated at Cambridge Career: Gresham Professor of Physic (1692-death); possibly the inspiration for the caricature of the 'virtuoso' in Judith Drake's 'An essay in defence of the female sex' (1696); Expelled from the Royal Society for insulting Sir Hans Sloane with the words "speak sense or English and we shall understand you.