John Hawkins (grammarian) explained

John Hawkins M.D. (c.1587–c.1641) was an English physician, known as a grammarian and translator.[1]

Life

He was a son of Sir Thomas Hawkins (died 1617) of Nash Court, Boughton under Blean, Kent, and his wife, Ann Pettyt; the family was recusant, with Sir Thomas Hawkins and Henry Hawkins the Jesuit being elder brothers. He took his degree of M.D. at the University of Padua.[2]

Hawkins appeared in John Gee's list of Popish Physicians in and about the City of London in 1624 as residing in Charterhouse Court.[2] He was not elected to the College of Physicians of London.[1]

Works

Hawkins published:[2]

Family

Hawkins married Frances, daughter of Francis Power of Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire. Francis Hawkins the Jesuit was their son.[2]

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Attribution

Notes and References

  1. 12673. Vivian. Salmon. Hawkins, John.
  2. Hawkins, John (fl.1635). 25.