| LC control no. | n 79062886 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR3316.A6 |
| Personal name heading | Armstrong, John, 1709-1779 |
| Variant(s) | Temple, Launcelot, 1709-1779 Armstrong, J. (John), 1709-1779 Armstrong, Dr. (John), 1709-1779 Armstrong, Giovanni, 1709-1779 Free-thinker, 1709-1779 |
| Associated country | Great Britain Scotland |
| Associated place | Roxburghshire (Scotland) |
| Located | London (England) |
| Birth date | 1709 |
| Death date | 1779-09-07 |
| Place of birth | Castleton (Scotland : Parish) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Medicine Health Poetry Satire Essays |
| Profession or occupation | Physicians Poets Satirists |
| Special note | Data provided by the ESTC/BL |
| Found in | His A day: an epistle to John Wilkes, of Aylesbury, Esq., 1661. His Conjectures upon the mortality of the human soul, 1778: t.p. (a free-thinker) [Info. from InU] His The poetical works of Dr. Armstrong, 1807: t.p. (Dr. Armstrong) [Info. from InU] His Poetical works of J. Armstrong, 1781: t.p. (J. Armstrong) [Info. from InU] His La salute, 1824: t.p. (Giovanni Armstrong) [Info. from Inu] BM (Armstrong, John, physician and poet) DNB (Armstrong, John, M.D., 1709-1779; poet, physician and essayist) Oxford DNB online, 22 April 2020 (Armstrong, John (1708/9-1779), physician and poet; born in late 1708 or early 1709 at Castleton, Roxburghshire; gained his MD at College of Edinburgh in 1732; had begun practising medicine in London before 1735, though unlicensed by the College of Physicians; in 1746 nominated as a physician to the hospital for lame, maimed, and sick soldiers behind Buckingham House...in 1760 sailed from Harwich as physician to the English army in Germany; works include: An essay for abridging the study of physick (1735); The oeconomy of love (published anonymously in 1736); Synopsis of the history and cure of venereal diseases (1737); another compilation from various sources, A full view of all the diseases incident to children (1742), has been attributed to John Armstrong; The art of preserving health (1744); contributed four stanzas to Thomson's Castle of Indolence (1748); Muncher's and Guzler's Diary (1749); he wrote Sketches, or, Essays on various subjects (1758) and Short ramble through some parts of France and Italy (1771) under the pen-name Launcelot Temple, esq.; died at his house in Russell Street on 7 September 1779) |
| Associated language | eng |
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