Lionel Lockyer
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Lionel Lockyer was a 17th century quack doctor who was famous in his time for his miracle pills that he claimed included sunbeams as ingredients. He was born in the Southwark
area of London
. He has a tomb in Southwark Cathedral
. The epitaph reads:
Southwark
Southwark is a district of south London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Southwark. Situated east of Charing Cross, it forms one of the oldest parts of London and fronts the River Thames to the north...
area of London
London
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. He has a tomb in Southwark Cathedral
Southwark Cathedral
Southwark Cathedral or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge....
. The epitaph reads:
- Here Lockyer: lies interr'd enough: his name
- Speakes one hath few competitors in fame:
- A name soe Great, soe Generall't may scorne
- Inscriptions whch doe vulgar tombs adorne.
- A diminution 'tis to write in verse
- His eulogies whch most mens mouths rehearse.
- His virtues & his PILLS are soe well known..
- That envy can't confine them vnder stone.
- But they'll surviue his dust and not expire
- Till all things else at th'universall fire.
- This verse is lost, his PILL Embalmes him safe
- To future times without an Epitaph
External links
- Lionel Lockyer on Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine