John Lightfoot FRS
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The Reverend John Lightfoot (9 Dec 1735 – 20 Feb 1788) was an English
conchologist and botanist.
He was born in Newent, Gloucestershire and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford. He gained a BA in 1756 and an MA in 1766.
Lightfoot was Rector of Gotham and chaplain and librarian of Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
. He was also curate of Colnbrook, Bucks and Uxbridge, Middlesex.
He was the author of Flora Scotica (2 vols, 1777) and An Account of Some Minute British Shells, Either not Duly Observed, or Totally Unnoticed by Authors (1786).
He died in Uxbridge and was buried at Cowley, Middlesex.
England
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conchologist and botanist.
He was born in Newent, Gloucestershire and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford. He gained a BA in 1756 and an MA in 1766.
Lightfoot was Rector of Gotham and chaplain and librarian of Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland , styled Lady Margaret Harley before 1734, Duchess of Portland from 1734 to her husband's death in 1761, and Dowager Duchess of Portland from 1761 until her own death in 1785...
. He was also curate of Colnbrook, Bucks and Uxbridge, Middlesex.
He was the author of Flora Scotica (2 vols, 1777) and An Account of Some Minute British Shells, Either not Duly Observed, or Totally Unnoticed by Authors (1786).
He died in Uxbridge and was buried at Cowley, Middlesex.