The John Bargrave Collection
Martin Lister (12 Apr 1639 - 2 Feb 1712)
Physician, naturalist, and Fellow of the Royal Society. Lister lived in York from 1670-1683, before moving to London. He is best known for his Historiae Conchyliorum, what was published in iterations from 1685 until it's final form in some time after 1692, containing illustrations of specimens in his own collections and of specimens he borrowed from others.Collecting was a central activity in his scientific pursuits:
Lister's cabinet provided a basis for his work on molluscs and shells, making it possible 'to find likenesse and unlikenesse of things upon a suddaine'. Lister was interested in the geological formation of Yorkshire - the fossil-bearing scars in Craven, the ironstone quarries at Adderton; the sulphur wells at Knaresborough, the curious 'subterranean trees' in the Isle of Axholme and Hatfield Chace; and the alum mines on the coast north of Scarborough (Unwin, 218).
[T]hough not originally an Oxford man, [Lister] is deserving of special remembrance as one of the earliest benefactors of the Ashmolean Museum. He gave a fine collection of shells, with the original drawings, over a thousand in number, made by his daughters Susannah and Mary for the Historia Conchyliorum, 1685. He was created M.D., Oxon, 1684. His Proposal for a new sort of Maps appeared in the Philosophical Transactions for March 1683 (Gunther, vol. 3, p. 223).
According Petiver c. 1706 Lister lived and maintained a garden in Westminster.
Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16763 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Lister Other Links: listerstravels.modhist.ox.ac.uk/ - A website with materials related to Lister's journal written in an almanac published as Every Man’s Companion: Or, An Useful Pocket-Book (MS Lister 19, Bodleian) Roles: Collector (minor)
Donator of a collection
Relevant locations: Educated at University of Montpellier
Educated at St John's College (Cambridge)
Housed collection or remnant at Ashmolean Museum
Lived at or near residence and garden of Martin Lister
Lived at or near Westminster
Owned cabinet of Martin Lister at Honegate
Residence at Carleton Old Hall
Residence at Honegate
People linked to person: Martin Lister was a member of Temple Coffee House club (-)
Martin Lister was a member of York Virtuosi (1670-1683)
John Banister (1650-1692) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Martin Lister
Michael Butterfield (1634/5-1724) was a friend of Martin Lister
William, the Elder Byrd (1652-1704) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Martin Lister
Jabez Cay (1666-1703) was a correspondent of Martin Lister
William Courten (28 Mar 1642-26 Mar 1702) was a unspecified to Martin Lister
T. [Captain] Fisher (fl. 1675-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Martin Lister
Francis Jessop (1639-1691) was a friend of Martin Lister
Nathaniel Johnston (1627-1705) was a correspondent of Martin Lister
Thomas Kirke (1650-1706) was a friend of Martin Lister
Edward Lhwyd (1660-1709) was a unspecified to Martin Lister
Anne Lister (Oct 1671-1695 or 1704) was a daughter of Martin Lister
Susannah Lister (bap. 9 Jun. 1670-1738) was a daughter of Martin Lister
William Lodge (1649-1689) was a source of object(s) for Martin Lister
William Lodge (1649-1689) was a friend of Martin Lister
John Sturdy (-fl. 1693) was a correspondent of Martin Lister
Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725) was a unspecified to Martin Lister