RADCLIFFE, JOHN

RADCLIFFE, JOHN
   physician, born at Wakefield, studied at Oxford; commenced practice in London; by his art and professional skill rose to eminence; attended King William and Queen Mary; summoned to attend Queen Anne but did not, pleading illness, and on the queen's death was obliged to disappear from London; left £40,000 to found a public library in the University of Oxford (1650-1714).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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