Christopher Merrett ( ? 1614 - 1695 )

Birth: Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England, Europe (16 February 1614) Death: Hatton Garden, London, England, Europe (19 August 1695) Burial: St Andrew's Church, Holborn, London, England, Europe Occupation: Physician Research Field: natural history; botany; glassmaking Education: Gloucester Hall, Oxford (matriculated 1632; BMed 1636, DMed 1643); Oriel College, Oxford (BA 1635) Career: Practised in London (1640-); Goulstonian lecturer at the Royal College of Physicians (1654); Keeper of library and museum at RCP (1654-1665); compiled first catalogue for the College (1660); Translated and expanded Antonio Neri's 'L'arte vertraria' [The Art of Glass] (1662); produced a new catalogue of British fauna, flora, and fossils (1667); published 'A Short View of the Frauds and Abuses Committed by Apothecaries' (1669) Memberships: FRCP (1651-1681) Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Council: Sworn in Anniversary Day 1663 Committee appointments include: Committee for Agriculture (1664) Chairman of committee on history of trades Committee to extract [John] Evelyn's papers (1662) Other RSActivity: Involved in botanical and natural history experiments (e.g. ingesting plants brought back by an emissary employed to collect specimens) Collated lists of chirurgical instruments for operations intended by the Society on dead bodies.