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John Arbuthnot

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Gender Male
Death288 years ago
Date of birth April 29,1667
Zodiac sign Taurus
Born Kincardineshire
Date of died February 27,1735
DiedLondon
United Kingdom
Place of burialSt James's Church, Piccadilly, London, United Kingdom
FoundedScriblerus Club
Job Physician
Mathematician
Polymath
Education University of Aberdeen
University of St Andrews
Marischal College
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Date of Upd.
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The history of John Bull
Law is a bottomless pit
The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot; Volume 1
Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works, and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus
An Essay on the Usefulness of Mathematical Learning,: In a Letter from a Gentleman in the City to His Friend in Oxford. .
An essay concerning the effects of air on human bodies
A sermon preach'd to the people at the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh on the subject of the Union
Esther, an Oratorio, Or, Sacred Drama . . .
Proposals for Printing a Very Curious Discourse
Practical Rules of Diet in the Various Constitutions and Diseases of Human Bodies: By John Arbuthnot, . . .
An Account of the State of Learning in the Empire of Lilliput: Together with the History and Character of Bullum the Emperor's Library - Keeper
John Bull Still in His Senses: Being the Third Part of Law Is a Bottomless-Pit
Tables of ancient coins, weights and measures explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations
The correspondence of Dr. John Arbuthnot
An Inquiry Into the Connection Between the Present Price of Provisions
An appendix to John Bull still in his senses
John Bull in His Senses: Being the Second Part of Law is a Bottomless-pit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir Humphry Polesworth
An Appendix to the History of the Crown-Inn: with a Key to the Whole
A Supplement to the Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot
A Farther Continuation of the History of the Crown-Inn. Part III. . . .
An Inquiry Into the Connection Between the Present Price of Provisions, and the Size of Farms. With Remarks on Population as Affected Thereby. . . . By a Farmer
Proposals for Printing a Very Curious Discourse, in Two Volumes in Quarto, Intitled Pseudologia Politike: Or, a Treatise on the Art of Political Lying, with an Abstract of the First Volume of the Said Treatise
Mr. Maitland's Account of Inoculating the Smallpox Vindicated, from Dr. Wagstaffe's Misrepresentations of That Practice, with Some Remarks on Mr. Massey's Sermon
Reasons Humbly Offered by the Company Exercising the Trade and Mystery of Upholders: Against Part of the Bill for the Better Viewing, Searching, and Examining Drugs, Medicines, &c
A Miscellany of the Wits: Select Pieces
A Continuation of the History of the Crown-Inn: With Characters of Some of the Late Servants; and the Proceeding of the Trustees to the Coming of the New Landlord
Leucothoe. a Dramatic Poem
An Invitation to Peace
A Fragment of the History of that Illustrious Personage John Bull, Esq
Lewis Baboon Turned Honest, and John Bull Politician. Being the Fourth Part of Law Is a Bottomless-Pit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir Humphry Polesworth
A PostScript to John Bull, Containing the History of the Crown-Inn, with the Death of the Widow, and What Happened Thereon. the Sixth Edition
Essai des effets de l'air, sur le corps-humain
Law is a Bottomless-pit: Exemplify'd in the Case of the Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, and Lewis Baboon. Who Spent All They Had in a Law-suit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir Humphry Polesworth
Law is a Bottomless Pit: Or, the History of John Bull. Publish'd from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir H. Polesworth, in the Year 1712
An Appendix to John Bull Still in His Senses: Or, Law is a Bottomless-pit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir Humphry Polesworth: and Publish'd, (as Well as the Three Former Parts) by the Author of the New Atalantis
John Bull Still in His Senses: Being the Third Part of Law Is a Bottomless-Pit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir Humphry Polesworth: And Publish'd, (as Well as the Two Former Parts) the Third Edition
Mr. Maitland's Account of Inoculating the Small Pox Vindicated, from Dr. Wagstaffe's Misrepresentations of That Practice; With Remarks on Mr. Massey's Sermon. the Second Edition
Law Is a Bottomless-Pit. Exemplified in the Case of the Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, and Lewis Baboon. Who Spent All They Had in a Law-Suit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir Humphry Polesworth
An Appendix to John Bull Still in His Senses: Or, Law Is a Bottomless-Pit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir Humphry Polesworth: And Publish'd, as Well at [sic] the Three Former Parts
John Bull Still in His Senses: Being the Third Part of Law is a Bottomless-pit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir Humphry Polesworth: and Publish'd, (as Well as the Two Former Parts) by the Author of the New Atalantis
Tables of Antient Coins, Weights, and Measures, Explained and Exemplified in Several Dissertations. by John Arbuthnot, . . . the Second Edition. to Which Is Added, an Appendix, Containing Observations on Dr. Arbuthnot's Dissertations
Proposals for Printing a Very Curious Discourse, in Two Volumes in Quarto, Intitled, Pseudologia Politike; Or, a Treatise of the Art of Political Lying, with an Abstract of the First Volume of the Said Treatise
Mr. Maitland's Account of Inoculating the Small Pox: Vindicated, from Dr. Wagstaffe's Misrepresentations of that Practice; with Some Remarks on Mr. Massey's Sermon. The Second Edition. To which is Added, His First Account of Inoculating the Small Pox
John Bull Still in His Senses: Being the Third Part of Law Is a Bottomless-Pit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir Humphry Polesworth: And Publish'd, by the Author of the New Atalantis. the Third Edition
An Appendix to John Bull Still in His Senses: Or, Law Is a Bottomless-Pit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir Humphry Polesworth: and Publish'd, As Well As the Two Former Parts the Third Edition
A letter to the Reverend Mr. Dean Swift, occasion'd by a satire said to be written by him [or, rather, by Thomas Gordon], entitled, A dedication to a great man . . . By a sparkish pamphleteer of Button's Coffee-house. [Signed: P. A. By John Arbuthnot. ]
John Bull Still in His Senses: Being the Third Part of Law Is a Bottomless-Pit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir Humphry Polesworth and Publish'd (as Well As the Three Former Parts) the Fourth Edition
The History of John Bull [with Other Pieces by Dr. Arbuthnot]. And Poems on Several Occasions by Dr. Jonathan Swift, with Several Miscellaneous Pieces, by Dr. Swift and Mr. Pope
Miscellanies. Containing, the History of John Bull. a Wonderful Prophecy. Now First Collected in One Volume. Al, All the Pieces in Verse and Prose Published in Dr. Swift's and Mr. Pope's Miscellanies
John Bull Still in His Senses: Being the Third Part of Law Is a Bottomless-Pit. Printed from a Manuscript Found in the Cabinet of the Famous Sir Humphry Polesworth: And Publish'd, (as Well as the Two Former Parts) the Second Edition
Law Is a Bottomless-Pit. Exemplify'd in the Case of the Lord Strutt, John Bull, Nicholas Frog, and Lewis Baboon. Who Spent All They Had in a Law-Suit the Fourth Edition
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John Arbuthnot FRS, often known simply as Dr Arbuthnot, was a Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London. He is best remembered for his contributions to mathematics, his membership in the Scriblerus Club, and for inventing the figure of John Bull.

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