JOHN COVEL, D.D., (b.1638, d.1722): natural history notebook and commonplace book; 1660-1713, n.d. Contains many pen and ink drawings of plants, insects, fish, etc. with detailed descriptive text. Partly Latin and Greek. Purchased at Sotheby's, 29 No... 1660-1713
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1670-1677 chaplain at Constantinople and traveller in Asia Minor; 1672-1674 ambassador in charge, Constantinople; 1679 appointed Lady Margaret preacher; ? 1679 appointed to the living of Littlebury, Esses; 1681 appointed to the living of Kegworth, Leicestershire; 1681-1685 chaplain to the princess of Orange at The Hague; 1687 chancellor of York; 1688 master of Christ's College, Cambridge; 1670 vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Epithet: traveller, botanist a...