The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
William Oliver (1658 (bap) - 1716)
Physician elected FRS on 5 January 1704 Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20735?docPos=38 Relevant locations: Lived at or near London, EnglandLived at or near Bath, Somerset
Visited Holland, Netherlands
Relationships: William Oliver was a member of Royal Society (-)
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
as - IV. A letter from Dr William Oliver to the publisher, giving his remarks in a late journey into Denmark and Holland.
References in Documents:
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Gave-locksof Steel, that for the larger Cock is
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several Dozens of them were included in a Cup made of an hollow
ed Nutmeg.
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Cherry-
stone. Don. D.
stone
short of that in the
Cabinet; and that which
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Emperors, Kings, Cardinals,
&c. that cost 300 Pounds
was lately at
Chancery. (
Phil. Trans. N° 285