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John Scampton, Dr. ( - fl. c. 1699)

Probably a medical doctor, possibly from Leicestershire. Petiver refers to a "Dr. Scampton" who sent him specimens from Leicestershire and also to a "Mr. John Scampton" who found specimens from the Peak District of Derbyshire (Centuria, 12, 35). At one point, John Scampton seemed to be living in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire (Britten, 176). Britten makes no connection between a Mr. and a Dr. Scampton. Relevant locations: Lived at or near Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire
 Relationships: John Scampton was a correspondent of James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)
John Scampton was a associate or acquaintance (general) of William Vernon (1666/7-c.1715?)

 Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Musei Petiveriani centuria prima [-decima], rariora naturæ continens: viz. animalia, fossilia, plantas, ex variis mundi plagis advecta, ordine digesta, et nominibus propriis signata. A Jacobo Petiver.
as Subject of/in a document - John Scampton (fl. 1696).
 References in Documents:
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * A. 74. Muscus aquaticus pileis acutis. Mr. John Scampton's Peak=moor Moss. This was first found by that ingenious Botanist on the large stones that lye in the Rivulets amongst the Peak-Moors in Derbyshire.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) A. 320. Papilio Fritillarius major, maculis subtùs argenteis. The greater silver=spotted Fritillary. Moff. 101. Fig. 10. against Num. 11. id. A. 969. an? Aldrov. Insect. 245. Tab. 7. Fig. 8. & 9. p. 246. id. Fi. 99. Tab. p. 97. Fig. I have not yet seen this about London; Dr. Scampton some time since sent it me from Leicestershire.