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Son of [[family::Waldrave Lodwick]], a protestant refugee. A [[occupation::linguistic scholar]], he was elected to the [[organisations::Royal Society]] in 1681 and published various works on linguistics, providing some inspiration for [[associates::John Wilkins]]'s [[book title::''An Essay towards a Real Character'']] ([[date of publication::1668]]). He was a friend of [[associates::Samuel Hartlib]] and [[crossreference::Robert Hooke]]. He was also a [[location::London]] [[occupation::merchant, involved in the trade of cloth and books.  
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Son of [[family::Waldrave Lodwick]], a protestant refugee. A [[occupation::linguistic scholar]], he was elected to the [[organisations::Royal Society]] in 1681 and published various works on linguistics, providing some inspiration for [[associates::John Wilkins]]'s [[book title::''An Essay towards a Real Character'']] ([[date of publication::1668]]). He was a friend of [[associates::Samuel Hartlib]] and [[crossreference::Robert Hooke]]. He was also a [[location::London]] [[occupation::merchant]], involved in the trade of cloth and books.  
  
 
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Revision as of 08:12, 31 July 2020

Francis LODWICK 1619-94

Biographical Note

Son of Waldrave Lodwick, a protestant refugee. A linguistic scholar, he was elected to the Royal Society in 1681 and published various works on linguistics, providing some inspiration for John Wilkins's An Essay towards a Real Character (1668). He was a friend of Samuel Hartlib and Robert Hooke. He was also a London merchant, involved in the trade of cloth and books.

Books

Shelf-lists of his two library collections, each containing ca.2500 volumes, are in BL mss Sloane 855, 859. These were apparently dispersed after his death; many books are now in the Bodleian, where they can be identified from their distinctive numbering.

Sources