John Evelyn ( 1620 - 1706 )

Birth: Wotton, Surrey, England, Europe (31 October 1620) Death: 14 Dover Street, Mayfair, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe (27 February 1706) Burial: Chancel of Wotton church, Surrey, Engand, United Kingdom, Europe Occupation: Writer Research Field: arboriculture, horticulture Education: Southover Free School, Lewes, Sussex; Middle Temple (admitted 1636); Balliol College, Oxford (matriculated 1637; DCL 1669) Career: Travelled in Holland (1641); joined the King's Army briefly (1642); travelled in France, Italy, where he met Henry Howard (FRS 1666) and Robert Bruce (FRS 1663) and travelled for a year with Thomas Henshaw (FRS 1663), and Switzerland (1643-1647) and lived in France (1649-1652), where he met Charles II (FRS 1665) and James II (FRS 1665); returned to England (1652); Commissioner for the sick and wounded and prisoners of the Dutch War (1664); Member of the Council for Foreign Plantations (1671); acquired the Arundel Marbles for the University of Oxford and the Arundel Library for the Royal Society, both from Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (1667); Commissioner of the Privy Seal (1685-1687); Treasurer to Greenwich Hospital (1695-1703) Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 22/04/1663 Council: Secretary 1672-1673; VP 1698-; Council 1662, 1700, 1702 Other RSActivity: Proposed: 26 December 1660.