John Frost ( 1803 - 1840 )

Birth: Near Charing Cross, London, England (1803) Death: 17 March 1840 Research Field: Botany Education: Pupil of Dr Wright, Apothecary, Bethlehem Hospital Career: Quarrelled with Dr Wright and gave up medicine for botany; founded Medico-Botanical Society of London (1821), aided by Drs Bree and Maton, and was its director and lecturer on botany; botanical tutor to George, later King of Hanover, and George, later Duke of Cambridge; Lecturer on botany, Royal Institution; Lecturer on botany, St Thomas' Hospital, London; paid Secretary, Royal Humane Society (1824), which came with a house in Bridge Street, Blackfriars; Surgeon, Duke of Cumberland; resigned as Secretary to the Royal Humane Society, then Duke rescinded his appointment as Surgeon; established St John's Hospital, Clerkenwell (1831); planned to set up a hospital ship of Millbank (1832) but fled to Paris in financial difficulty; went to Berlin, where he acted as a Physician and called himself Sir John Frost Memberships: FSA; FLS; FRSE; Royal Asiatic Society Membership: Candidate.