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| − | [[occupation:: | + | Probably born at [[place of birth::Whitgift, Yorkshire]], son of [[family::John Johnston]], [[occupation::rector]] of [[location::Sutton upon Derwent]], but Scottish by origin. Admitted at [[education::St Leonard's College, Aberdeen]] 1647, MA [[education::University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] 1654, MD ([[education::King's College, Cambridge|King's College]] 1656. He practised as a[[occupation::physician]] in [[location::Pontefract]] for a while and moved to [[location::London]] in 1686, where he became a fellow of the [[organisations::Royal College of Physicians]]. He published political works in support of James II, which led to his disgrace after 1688, when he lived in some obscurity, supported by nonjuring and Jacobite friends. |
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| − | + | Johnston was a studious antiquary and aseembled many materials for a history of [[location::Yorkshire]] from the 1660s onwards, though his planned book was never completed. He was in regular correspondence with other leading antiquaries of the time, including [[associates::Ralph Thorspby]], [[associates::Peter le Never]] and [[associates::Thomas Smith]]. He is listed in [[associates::Edward Bernard]]'s [[book title::''Catalogi mansucriptorum'']], [[date of publication::1697]], as owning 130 [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]]; many of these were his own antiquarian [[format::manuscript]] collections. | |
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Nathaniel JOHNSTON 1629?-1705
Biographical Note
Probably born at Whitgift, Yorkshire, son of John Johnston, rector of Sutton upon Derwent, but Scottish by origin. Admitted at St Leonard's College, Aberdeen 1647, MA Cambridge 1654, MD (King's College 1656. He practised as aphysician in Pontefract for a while and moved to London in 1686, where he became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He published political works in support of James II, which led to his disgrace after 1688, when he lived in some obscurity, supported by nonjuring and Jacobite friends.
Books
Johnston was a studious antiquary and aseembled many materials for a history of Yorkshire from the 1660s onwards, though his planned book was never completed. He was in regular correspondence with other leading antiquaries of the time, including Ralph Thorspby, Peter le Never and Thomas Smith. He is listed in Edward Bernard's Catalogi mansucriptorum, 1697, as owning 130 manuscripts; many of these were his own antiquarian manuscript collections.
Sources
- Goldie, Mark. "Johnston, Nathaniel (bap. 1629?, d. 1705), political theorist and antiquary." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.