The Digital Ark :: Henry Box

The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

Henry Box (1585 - 1662)

London merchant and apothecary by trade, "one of the best in all Europe," according to Samuel Hartlib (Wales). He left a large endowment to the grammar school in Whitney. Probably the same Henry Box who donated a set of antelope horns to the Oxford Anatomy School. Other biography: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/90080 Donator of object(s)
Relevant locations: Birth place in Whitney, Oxfordshire
Educated at Oriel College, Oxford University
Lived at or near London, England
Residence at London, England
Relationships: Henry Box was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Samuel Hartlib (1600-1662)
Henry Box was a donor to Oxford Anatomy School (-)

References in Documents:

An Exact and particular Account of the rarities in the Anatomy School (Oxford MS Rawlinson C. 865) [*]A pair of Indian Goat's Horns, called ye Antelop. Henry Box, London merchant.

A Catalogue of the Benefactors to the Anatomy Schoole in Oxon. (Rawlinson Q.e. 36) Mr Henry Box a London Merchant. A paire of Indian Goats Horns, call'd ye Antilope.