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Thomas Wharton (1614 - 1673)

Physician and anatomist. Accompanied by Elias Ashmole and his wife, he visited John Tradescant the younger at his South Lambeth House on 15 June 1650 (MacGregor, 24). He later helped Ashmole in cataloguing the Tradescants' collection. Leith-Ross notes that he is probably "T. W." identified in Musaeum Tradescantianum as a donor of three particular items (121). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/29174 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wharton_(anatomist) Relevant locations: Birth place in Winston, Durham County
Educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge University
Educated at Trinity College (Oxford), Oxford University
 Relationships: Thomas Wharton was a friend of Elias Ashmole (1617-1692)
Thomas Wharton was a friend of John Tradescant, the Younger (4 Aug 1608 [bap.]-22 Apr 1662)
Thomas Wharton was a visitor to the collection of John Tradescant, the Younger (4 Aug 1608 [bap.]-22 Apr 1662)

 Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - The John Tradescants: Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen .
as Mentioned or referenced by - Tradescant's Rarities: Essays on the Foundation of the Ashmolean Museum, 1683, with a Catalogue of the Surviving Early Collections .
 References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

St. Paul's 2d Epist. to the Thessalonians, with an Exposition, by Tim. Jackson M. A. Preacher at Wragbie in Yorkeshire, 4to. 1621. dedicated to the honourable and religious Knights, Sir Tho. Wharton, Sir Tho. Wentworth, and other five Yorkeshire Knights.

Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Civit-Catts-head and bones given by T. W.
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) A Phocæna's head given by T. W.
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Stenomarga, Agaricus mineralis, lac lunæ, ex dono T.W.
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Principall Benefactors to the precedent Collection. {King Charles.} {Queen Mary.} George Duke of Buckingham. Lady Katharine Dutchess of Buck: William Laud Archbishop of Cant: Robert Earle of Salisbury. William Earle of Salisbury. Earle of Carlisle. Lord Viscount Dorchester. Lord Viscount Faulkland. Lord Strange. Lord Goring. Lord Cambden. Countesse of Arundell. Lady Matrevers. Lady Denbeigh. Lady Wootton. 180Musæum Tradescantianum. Lady Mary Villers. Lady Goring. Lady Killegray. Lady Christian Leviston. Sir Thomas Roe. Sir Christopher Hatton. Sir Henry VVootonWooton. Sir Kenelme Digby. Sir Nathanael Bacon. Sir Butts Bacon. Sir Dudly Diggs. Sir Henry Vane. Sir Henry Palmer. Sir Robert Heath. Sir Peter Manwood. Sir John Trever. Sir William Boswell. Sir Clipsby Crew. Sir Alexander Gourdon. Sir James Bagg. Sir David Kirke. Sir Richard Wiseman. Sir John Smith. Sir John Wieldes. Sir Henry Meldree. Musæum Tradescantianum.181 Sir John Aemoote. Lady Roe. Lady Graimes. Doctor Owin. Doctor John Hill. Doctor Thomas Wharton. Doctor William Broad. Doctor Bugg. William Murray Esq. William Curteene Esq. Elias Ashmole Esq. Captain Weddell. Captain Plumbey. Captain Ireland. Captain Cleborne. Captain Prim. Captain Wood. Captain West. Captain Swanley. Captain Adam Denton. Captain Trenchfield. Captain David Atchinson. Mr. Nicolas, Secretary to the Navy. Mr. John Slany Merchant. Mr. Charleton Merchant. 182Musæum Tradescantianum. Mr. James Boovy Merchant. Mr. John Millen. Mr. Thomas Howard. Mr. White of Burntwood. Mr. Ofield. Mr. Ofley. Mr. Greene. Mr. Munke. Mr. Sadler. Mr. Bushell. Mr. Liggon. Mr. George Tomasin. In EEBO copy: Scratched out in original document and has "Thomason" written beside it in ink. Mr. Dells. Mr. Gage. Mr. Pergins. Mr. Robert Martyn. Mr. Trion. Mr. Woolfe. Mr. Browne. Mr. Martin Masters. Mr. Butler. Mr. Phillips. Mr. Harison. Mr. Pette. Mr. Short. Musæum Tradescantianum.183 Mr. Bound. Mr. Stone. Mr. Bartholomew Hagatt. Mr. Reeve. Mr. Francis Cline. Mr. Thomas Herbert. Mr. Rowland Bucket. Mr. Snelling. Mr. Rowe. Mr. Smith. Mr. Butterworth. Mr. le Goulz. Mr. William Martyn. Mr. Lanyon. Mr. Gasper Calthoofe. Mr. William Lambert. Mr. John Benson.