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John COLLINS ca.1576-1634

Born in Surrey. BA St John’s College, Cambridge 1596, fellow 1598, MA 1599, Linacre Lecturer at St John’s 1600-04. Travelled abroad to study medicine 1604-08, before returning to Cambridge to proceed MD, 1608. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London 1613, Censor 1615, anatomy lecturer 1624. Regius Professor of Physick at the University of Cambridge, 1626.

Books

Bequeathed all his physick books to St John’s College, apart from a small handful of named titles left to John and Ralph Winterton (the former his “servant”, a student at Christ’s, and younger brother of the latter, who succeeded Collins in the Regius Chair). He also left £100 to St John’s, to buy physick books for the Library. All his other books were left to John Petter, another fellow of St John’s. The size of his complete library is not known but as over 300 volumes survive in the College today it may have been ca.500, or more. The College books cover all aspects of the medicine of the time, including anatomy, surgery and pharmacology. Examples: numerous in St John’s, Cambridge.

Characteristic markings

The books given to St John’s had a dated, printed book label inserted.

Sources

Will of John Collins, The National Archives PROB 11/166/666.
John Collins, St John's College, Cambridge
Goodwin, Gordon, and Kevin P. Siena. "Collins, John (c. 1576–1634), physician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Hoare, P. (gen.ed.), The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006. I 468.
Lee, B. N. Early printed book labels. Pinner, 1976, no.94.

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+===[[name::John]] [[name::COLLINS]]  ca.[[date of birth::1576]]-[[date of death::1634]]===
-Born in [[Place of Birth::Surrey]].  BA [[education::St John’s College, Cambridge]] 1596, [[occupation::fellow]] 1598, MA 1599, [[occupation::Linacre Lecturer]] at [[education::St John's College, Cambridge|St John’s]] 1600-04.  Travelled abroad to study medicine 1604-08, before returning to [[location::Cambridge]] to proceed MD, 1608.  [[occupation::Fellow]] of [[organisation::the Royal College of Physicians of London]] 1613, [[occupation::Censor]] 1615, [[occupation::Anatomy Lecturer]] 1624.  [[occupations::Regius Professor]] of Physick at [[education::the University of Cambridge]], 1626.
+Born in [[place of birth::Surrey]].  BA [[education::St John’s College, Cambridge]] 1596, [[occupation::fellow]] 1598, MA 1599, [[occupation::Linacre Lecturer]] at [[organisations::St John's College, Cambridge|St John’s]] 1600-04.  Travelled abroad to study medicine 1604-08, before returning to [[location::Cambridge]] to proceed MD, 1608.  [[occupation::fellow|Fellow]] of the [[organisations::Royal College of Physicians]] of [[location::London]] 1613, [[occupation::Censor]] 1615, [[occupation::anatomy lecturer]] 1624.  [[occupation::Regius Professor]] of Physick at [[organisations::the University of Cambridge]], 1626.
 ====Books====
-Bequeathed all his [[bequest::physick books]] to [[beneficiary::St John's College, Cambridge|St John’s College]], apart from a small handful of named titles left to [[beneficiary::John Winterton|John]] and [[beneficiary::Ralph Winterton]] (the former his “servant”, a student at Christ’s, and younger brother of the latter, who succeeded Collins in the Regius Chair).  He also [[bequest::left]] [[monetary Value::£100]] to [[beneficiary::St John's College, Cambridge|St John’s]], to buy [[subject::medicine|physick]] books for the Library.  All his other [[bequest::books]] were left to [[beneficiary::John Petter]], another [[occupation::fellow]] of [[education::St John's College, Cambridge|St John’s]].  (Will: PRO PROB 11/166, fo.108).  The size of his complete collection is not known but as over 300 volumes survive in the College today it may have been ca.500, or more.  The College books cover all aspects of the [[subject::medicine]] of the time, including [[subject::anatomy]], [[subject::surgery]] and [[subject::pharmacology]]. Examples: numerous in [[present repository::St John's College, Cambridge|St John’s, Cambridge]].
+[[bequest::Bequeathed]] all his [[subject::medicine|physick]] books to [[beneficiary::St John's College, Cambridge|St John’s College]], apart from a small handful of named titles left to [[beneficiary::John Winterton|John]] and [[beneficiary::Ralph Winterton]] (the former his “servant”, a student at Christ’s, and younger brother of the latter, who succeeded Collins in the Regius Chair).  He also [[bequest::left]] [[monetary value::£100]] to [[beneficiary::St John's College, Cambridge|St John’s]], to buy [[subject::medicine|physick]] books for the Library.  All his other books were [[bequest::left]] to [[beneficiary::John Petter]], another [[occupation::fellow]] of [[organisations::St John's College, Cambridge|St John’s]]. The size of his complete library is not known but as over 300 volumes survive in the College today it may have been ca.500, or more.  The College books cover all aspects of the [[subject::medicine]] of the time, including anatomy, surgery and pharmacology. Examples: numerous in [[present repository::St John's College, Cambridge|St John’s, Cambridge]].
 ====Characteristic markings====
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 ====Sources====
-Goodwin, Gordon, and Kevin P. Siena. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/5940 "Collins, John (c. 1576–1634), physician."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''; P. Hoare (gen.ed.), ''The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland''. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006. I 468; Lee, Labels no.94; [http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/early_books/pix/provenance/collins/collins.htm John Collins]
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+*[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D867082 Will of John Collins, The National Archives PROB 11/166/666].
+*[http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/early_books/pix/provenance/collins/collins.htm John Collins, St John's College, Cambridge]
+*Goodwin, Gordon, and Kevin P. Siena. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/5940 "Collins, John (c. 1576–1634), physician."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.
+*Hoare, P. (gen.ed.), ''The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland''. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006. I 468.
+*Lee, B. N. ''Early printed book labels''. Pinner, 1976, no.94.
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