Lawrence Bohun
Lawrence Bohun | |
|---|---|
| Born | Between 1575 and 1585 England |
| Died | 19 March 1621 (about 36 - 46 years old) West Indies |
| Nationality | English |
| Other names | Bohune, Boone |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Spouse | Alice Barnes |
Lawrence Bohun (born between 1575 and 1585, died 19 March 1621) was an English physician and member of the
indigenous plants and minerals.[1] He is sometimes credited with being the first experimental scientist in Jamestown and one of its first physicians.[2][3]
Not much is known about Bohun's early life, but it is estimated that he was born in England between 1575 and 1585 and that he received his education at the
Virginia Company of London.[5][6] He arrived in Virginia on 10 June 1610, which enabled him to help with colonists that had survived the Starving Time of that prior winter.[7] While living in Virginia Bohun also worked on creating wine.[8]
When De La Warr left Virginia the following year in order to recuperate from a bout of
sharecropper in their third charter and was approved for two grants for Virginia land. Bohun was interested in seeing if silkworms could be cultivated in Virginia, which was evidently unsuccessful as records from the Virginia Company stated that he had a project (presumably the silkworms) that "promised much benefitt but in the end came to nothinge."[10]
Bohun was appointed the physician general of the Virginia colony in 1620 and was also appointed to the Governor's Council, but he would never make it to Virginia to carry out his responsibilities.[11] In 1621, while stopping in the West Indies for supplies, Bohun's ship was attacked by Spanish warships and he was one of several people that died on 19 March 1621.
References
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- ^ Billings, Warren M. "Thomas West, twelfth baron De La Warr (1576–1618)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ Hughes, Thomas P. (1957). MEDICINE IN VIRGINIA, 1607-1699. Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 14. William and Mary. 1906. p. 97. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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- ^ a b Gentry, Daphne. "Lawrence Bohun (d. 1621)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ISBN 0879350016. Retrieved 19 August 2015.