Jonathan Goddard ( c1617 - 1675 )

Birth: Greenwich, London, England, Europe (c. 1617) Baptism: St Mary's church, Chatham, Kent, England, Europe (2 February 1617) Death: Wood Street, Cheapside, London, England, Europe (24 March 1675) Burial: St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate, London, England, Europe (27 March 1675) Occupation: Physician Research Field: Chemistry Education: Mr Chapman's and Mr Spencer's School at Chatham; Mr Dier's School in London; Magdalen Hall, Oxford (matriculated 1632; left without a degree in 1637); Christ's College, Cambridge; MB (1638); St Catharine's College, Cambridge; MD (1643); incorporated at Oxford (1651) Career: Qualified for a licence of the College of Physicians (1640); appointed Goulstonian lecturer for RCP (1641); physician to the Parliamentary Army (1649-1650); Physician to Oliver Cromwell; Warden of Merton College, Oxford (1651-1660); MP for Oxford University (1653); Professor of Physic, Gresham College, London (1655-1675); published 'Discourse on the Unhappy Condition of the Practice of Physic in London' (1665); published 'A proposal for making wine from sugar' in Sprat's 'History of the Royal Society' (1667); reportedly constructed the first telescope in England; works on his medical accounts published posthumously are 'Medicamenta Goddardiana' (1688) and 'Arcana Goddardiana' (1691) Memberships: FRCP (1646) Membership: Founder Fellow Election Date: 28/11/1660 Council: Served from first council (13/05/1663) Committee appointments: Report on the Statutes of the Society (1661); Committee to consider a way of determining the measure of a degree on earth (1669); Committee for account audits (1671).