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John Radcliffe, Dr. (1650 [bap.] - 1714)

Eminent physician and philanthropist, consulted by Courten. Kusukawa suggests he might be the "Ratlife" Courten names as a source of cockle shell (18, n.83) Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/22985 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Radcliffe_(physician) Relevant locations: Birth place in Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Member of Lincoln College, Oxford University
 Relationships: John Radcliffe was a unspecified William Courten (28 Mar 1642-26 Mar 1702)

 Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Appendix I to 'William Courten's list of 'Things Bought' from the Late Seventeenth Century.
as Mentions or references - The English Virtuoso: Art, Medicine, and Antiquarianism in the Age of Empiricism.
 References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 262 Stater alius Atheniensis 9 p.w. 10 gr. Ar. Ex dono Dñi Johñis Radcliff M.D. e Coll. Lincoln. Oxõn. Another Athenian stater. The gift of John Radcliffe MD, of Lincoln College.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 397a 492 Numisma exequiale Serenissimæ Principis MARIÆ Mag. Brit. &c. Reginae. Ær. Ex dono – Ratcliffe M. D. Medal struck for the funeral of the most serene princess Mary, Queen of England. The gift of Dr John Radcliffe.
MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) 165 Johannes Radcliffe M.D. John Radcliffe, Doctor of Medicine.