John Freind (1675 - July 26, 1728), English physician, younger brother of Robert Freind (1667-1751), headmaster of Westminster School, was born at Croton in Northamptonshire. Events January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim August 10 - Building of the Royal Greenwich Observatory began November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... Events Astronomical aberration discovered by the astronomer James Bradley Swedish academy of sciences founded at Uppsala Births January 9 - Thomas Warton, English poet (d. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Motto: Dat Deus Incrementum Westminster School (in full, The Royal College of St. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ...

He made great progress in classical knowledge under Richard Busby at Westminster, and at Christ Church, Oxford, under Dean Aldrich, and while still very young, produced, along with Peter Foulkes, an excellent edition of the speeches of Aeschines and Demosthenes on the affair of Ctesiphon. Richard Busby (1606 - 1695) was an English clergyman, and headmaster of Westminster School. ... Christ Church, called in Latin Ædes Christi (i. ... Henry Aldrich (1647-1710) was an English theologian and philosopher. ... Aeschines (389 - 314 BC), Greek statesman and one of the ten Attic orators, was born at Athens. ... Demosthenes Demosthenes (384 BC – 322 BC) is generally considered the greatest of the Attic orators, and thus the greatest of all Ancient Greek orators. ... Taq-i-Kasra, Ctesiphon, today. ...

After this he began the study of medicine, and having proved his scientific attainments by various treatises was appointed a lecturer on chemistry at Oxford in 1704. In the following year he accompanied the English army, under the earl of Peterborough, into Spain, and on returning home in 1707, wrote an account of the expedition, which attained great popularity. The title of Earl of Peterborough was created in the Peerage of England in 1628. ...

Two years later he published his Prelectiones chimicae, which he dedicated to Sir Isaac Newton. Shortly after his return in 1713 from Flanders, whither he had accompanied the British troops, he took up his residence in London, where he soon obtained a great reputation as a physician. Sir Isaac Newton in Knellers portrait of 1689. ... // Events April 11 - War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht June 23 - French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada first Orrery built by George Graham Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713... Flanders (Flemish, Fleming) (Dutch: Vlaanderen (Vlaams, Vlaming), French: Flandre(s), flamand, German: Flandern, flämisch, Flame) has two main designations: a historical region, the County of Flanders, now in Belgium, France and the Netherlands an administrative region of Belgium: the Flemish Region and the Flemish Community. ... St. ...

In 1716 he became fellow of the college of physicians, of which he was chosen one of the censors in 1718, and Harveian orator in 1720. In 1722 he entered parliament as member for Launceston in Cornwall, but, being suspected of favouring the cause of the exiled Stuarts, he spent half of that year in the Tower. // Events Natchez, one of the oldest towns on the Mississippi, founded. ... Launceston is the name of the following places: Launceston, Cornwall, England Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Note that the English Launceston is pronounced Lawn-sn, Lan-sn or Larn-sn while the Australian one is pronounced Lon-cestun. ... The Tower of London, seen from the river, with a view of the water gate called Traitors Gate. ...

During his imprisonment he conceived the plan of his most important work, The History of Physic, of which the first part appeared in 1725, and the second in the following year. In the latter year he was appointed physician to Queen Caroline, an office which he held till his death. Queen Caroline is either: Caroline of Ansbach Caroline of Brunswick This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

A complete edition of his Latin works, with a Latin translation of the History of Physic, edited by Dr John Wigan, was published in London in 1732.

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