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Francis WILLOUGHBY or WILLUGHBY 1635-72

Biographical Note

Of Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire; member of a long-established gentry family that included another Francis (1614-65). Entered Trinity College, Cambridge as a fellow-commoner in 1653. BA 1655-6, MA 1659. Willughby became a dedicated naturalist and associate of John Ray; the pair travelled across England, Wales and the continent together, studying local animals and plants and gathering specimens. He was admitted a fellow of the Royal Society in 1661. After Willughby's death in 1672 Ray issued the work they had done together. He published the Ornithology in Latin in 1676 and in English in 1678, and published Historia piscium, prepared from Willughby's papers, in 1686. Ray planned to complete Willughby's 'History of insects' but died before he could do so; it was later edited by William Derham and published on behalf of the Royal Society in 1710.

Books

The Willoughby family library was continuously developed from the 14th century onwards (some of the medieval manuscripts survive and are today in Nottingham University Library). The library was reorganised and catalogued at Wollaton in the 1690s by Willoughby’s son, Thomas Willoughby).

Sources

Birkhead, T., The wonderful Mr Willughby, London, 2018.
Boulger, G. S., and Michael Hunter. '"Willughby, Francis (1635–1672), naturalist."' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Hanna, R. & T. Turville-Petre (eds), The Wollaton medieval manuscripts, 2010.

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-Of [[location::Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire]]; member of a long-established gentry family that included another [[family::Francis Willoughby|Francis]] ([[date of birth::1614]]-[[date of death::1665|65]]). Entered [[education::Trinity College, Cambridge]] as a fellow-commoner in 1653. BA 1655-6, MA 1659. Willoughby was a noted [[occupation::naturalist]] and associate of [[crossreference::John Ray]]; the pair travelled across England, Wales and the continent together, studying local animals and plants and gathering specimens. He was admitted a [[occupation::fellow]] of the [[organisations::Royal Society]] in 1661. After Willoughby's death in 1672 Ray issued the work they had done together. He published the [[book title::''Ornithology'']] in Latin in [[date of publication::1676]] and in English in [[date of publication::1678]], and published [[book title::''Historia piscium'']], prepared from Willughby's papers, in [[date of publication::1686]]. Ray planned to complete Willughby's 'History of insects' but died before he could do so; it was later edited by [[editor::William Derham]] and published on behalf of the [[organisations::Royal Society]] in [[date of publication::1710]].
+Of [[location::Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire]]; member of a long-established gentry family that included another [[family::Francis Willoughby|Francis]] ([[date of birth::1614]]-[[date of death::1665|65]]). Entered [[education::Trinity College, Cambridge]] as a fellow-commoner in 1653. BA 1655-6, MA 1659. Willughby became a dedicated [[occupation::naturalist]] and associate of [[crossreference::John Ray]]; the pair travelled across England, Wales and the continent together, studying local animals and plants and gathering specimens. He was admitted a [[occupation::fellow]] of the [[organisations::Royal Society]] in 1661. After Willughby's death in 1672 Ray issued the work they had done together. He published the [[book title::''Ornithology'']] in Latin in [[date of publication::1676]] and in English in [[date of publication::1678]], and published [[book title::''Historia piscium'']], prepared from Willughby's papers, in [[date of publication::1686]]. Ray planned to complete Willughby's 'History of insects' but died before he could do so; it was later edited by [[editor::William Derham]] and published on behalf of the [[organisations::Royal Society]] in [[date of publication::1710]].
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