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Temple Coffee House club ( - )

An informal club who gathering at the Temple Coffee House with botany as a central, shared interest (Nickson, 269). Core participants were Petiver and Sloane (who presided), Adam Buddel, Samuel Doody, Martin Lister, and Leonard Plukenet (ibid.). Charles du Bois might also have been a member, and Sir John Hoskins "is also mentioned in connection with the club" (Riley, 90, 94-95). In the early days, the group sometimes met at Courten's house (94). Relationships: John Banister (1650-1692) was a unspecified Temple Coffee House club
Adam Buddle (bap. 1662-1715) was a member of Temple Coffee House club
Chief botanist of the Club of the Temple Coffee House (-fl. c. 1691) was a member of Temple Coffee House club
Henry Compton (1631/2-1713) was a member of Temple Coffee House club
William Courten (28 Mar 1642-26 Mar 1702) was a member of Temple Coffee House club
Samuel Dale (bap. 1659-18 Mar 1739) was a member of Temple Coffee House club
Samuel Doody (28 May 1656-1706) was a member of Temple Coffee House club
Charles Dubois (bap. 1658-1740) was a member of Temple Coffee House club
John Hoskins (1634-1705) was a member of Temple Coffee House club
John Lecaan (-fl. c. 1705) was a visitor to (a person) Temple Coffee House club
Martin Lister (12 Apr 1639-2 Feb 1712) was a member of Temple Coffee House club
James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718) was a member of Temple Coffee House club
Leonard Plukenet (1642-1706) was a member of Temple Coffee House club
Tancred Robinson (1657/8-1748) was a member of Temple Coffee House club
William Sherard (27 Feb 1658/9-11 Aug 1728) was a visitor to (a person) Temple Coffee House club
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Books and Manuscripts.
as Mentions or references - The Club at the Temple Coffee House Revisited.
as Subject of/in a document - Small Mites for the Treasury of Learning: The Everyday Life of the New Science in Late Seventeenth-Century London.
as Subject of/in a document - The Club at the Temple Coffee House—facts and Supposition.
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