Walter Charleton

Walter Charleton was an ornithologist, philosopher, physician, naturalist and writer (1619–1707). He was born at Shepton Mallet and died at London.

Also recorded as Walter Charlton.

Walter Charleton in brief

Born
1619
Died
1707
Known for
ornithologist, philosopher, physician, naturalist and writer
Place of birth
Shepton Mallet
Contents

Catalogued works

46 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1657 to 1986.

The Ephesian and Cimmerian matrons. Epicvrvs' morals. Exercitationes physico-anatomicae, de oeconomia animali, novis in medicina hypothesibus superstructa, & mechanicè explicata. Exercitationes physico-anatomicae. The Cimmerian matron. The immortality of the human soul, demonstrated by the light of nature. The harmony of natural and positive divine laws ... Chorea gigantum; or, The most famous antiquity of Great-Britain. The darknes of atheism dispelled by the light of nature. Inquisitiones II anatomico-physicæ. Gualteri Charletoni Oeconomia animalis. Two discourses, I. Concerning the different wits of men. Exercitationes de oeconomia animali. Novis in medicina hypothesibus superstructa, et mechanicè explicata. Oeconomia animalis, novis in medicina hypothesibus superstructa, et mechanice explicata. Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana. Exercitationes physico-anatomicae, de oeconomia animali. The Vintner's mystery display'd, or, The whole art of the wine trade laid open. Gualteri Charletoni exercitationes de differentiis & nominibus animalium. Natural history of the passions. Oratio anniversaria, recitata in theatro anatomico inclyti Medicorum Lond. Collegii, in commemorationem beneficiorum a ... Harveo aliisque ... praestitorum. Natural history of nutrition, life, and voluntary motion. Three anatomic lectures. The immortality of the human soul, demonstrated by the light of Nature. In two dialogues. The darknes of atheism dispelled by the light of nature. A physico-theologicall treatise. Exercitationes pathologicae, in quibus morborum penè omnium natura, generatio, et caussae, ex novis anatomicorum inventis. Sedulò inquiruntur ... Exercitationes pathologicae, dated 1661. Epicuruss Morals Collected Partly Out Of His Owne Greek Text In Diogenes. An imperfect pourtraicture of His Sacred Majesty Charles the II. .. An imperfect pourtraicture of His Sacred Majesty Charles[!]the II.,by the grace of God king of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. A brief discourse concerning the different wits of men. A character of His ... Majesty Charles the Second. A character of His Most Sacred Majesty, Charles the Second, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. Chorea Gigantum. Chorea gigantum, or, The most famous antiquity of Great-Britan [sic], vulgarly called Stone-Heng, standing on Salisbury Plain, restored to the Danes. The Cimmerian matron, a pleasant novel shewing the wit and subtilty of the female sex. The darkness of atheism dispelled by the light of nature. De scorbuto liber singularis. The Ephesian Matron. Walter Charleton. Line engraving by P. Lombard, 1657., dated 1657, held by Wellcome Collection. Walter Charleton. Line engraving by P. Lombart, 1657., dated 1657, held by Wellcome Collection. Walter Charleton. Line engraving by D. Loggan, 1679, after himself., held by Wellcome Collection. Walter Charleton (1620-1707), "Virtuoso" : Leben und Werk / Sabina Fleitmann., dated [1986], held by Wellcome Collection. Two discourses / by Walter Charleton., dated 1675, held by Wellcome Collection. M0018093: Portrait of Walter Charleton (1619-1707), dated May-June 1960, held by Wellcome Collection. Oeconomia animalis, novis in medicina hypothesibus superstructa, et mechanice explicata / [Walter Charleton]., dated 1659, held by Wellcome Collection. The immortality of the human soul, demonstrated by the light of Nature. In two dialogues / [Walter Charleton]., dated 1657, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 66 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

8 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Charleton, Walter, M.D. (1619–1707), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Hughes, Sir Walter Charleton, (22 Sept. 1850–30 March 1922), Who Was Who, 2007. Charleton, Walter (1620–1707), physician and natural philosopher, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Charleton, Walter (1620–1707), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Charleton, Walter (1619–1707), The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon, 2015. Walter Charleton (1620 - 1707) e sua Teoria Atômica The atomic theory of walter charleton (1620 - 1707), Química Nova, 1997. Le « renouveau » de l’épicurisme en Angleterre au milieu du dix-septième siècle de Walter Charleton à Margaret Cavendish – une histoire franco-britannique, Etudes Epistémè, 2008. As pesquisas de Newton sobre a luz: Uma visão histórica, Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física.

Digitised editions and texts

5 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Onomasticon zoicon, plerorumque animalium differentias & nomina propria pluribus linguis exponens. Cui accedunt Mantissa anatomica; et quaedam De variis fossilium generibus. Autore Gualtero Charletono, .. (1668) — Internet Archive. Exercitationes pathologicae, in quibus morborum penè omnium natura, generatio, & caussae, ex nouis anatomicorum inventis sedulò inquiruntur. A Gualtero Charltono, M.D. .. (1661) — Internet Archive. De scorbuto liber singularis. Autore Gualtero Charleton, M.D. serenissimi, ... Caroli 2. Magnae Britanniae regis, medico ordinario, .. (1672) — Internet Archive. Gualteri Charletoni Exercitationes de differentiis & nominibus animalium. Quibus accedunt Mantissa anatomica et quaedam De variis fossilium generibus, deque differentiis & nominibus colorum (1677) — Internet Archive. The Ephesian matron (Publication - The Augustan Reprint Society ; no. 172-173) (1975) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1619Walter Charleton born at Shepton Mallet.
  2. 1657Walter Charleton. Line engraving by P. Lombard, 1657. (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1657Walter Charleton. Line engraving by P. Lombart, 1657. (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1661Exercitationes pathologicae, in quibus morborum penè omnium natura, generatio, & caussae, ex nouis anatomicorum inventis sedulò inquiruntur. A Gualtero Charltono, M.D. .. digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1668Onomasticon zoicon, plerorumque animalium differentias & nomina propria pluribus linguis exponens. Cui accedunt Mantissa anatomica; et quaedam De variis fossilium generibus. Autore Gualtero Charletono, .. digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1672De scorbuto liber singularis. Autore Gualtero Charleton, M.D. serenissimi, ... Caroli 2. Magnae Britanniae regis, medico ordinario, .. digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1675Two discourses / by Walter Charleton. (Wellcome Collection).
  8. 1677Gualteri Charletoni Exercitationes de differentiis & nominibus animalium. Quibus accedunt Mantissa anatomica et quaedam De variis fossilium generibus, deque differentiis & nominibus colorum digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1707Walter Charleton died at London.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    Charleton, Walter (1619–1707), The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon, 2015

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  2. 2.

    Charleton, Walter (1620–1707), physician and natural philosopher, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004

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    Charleton, Walter (1620–1707), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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  4. 4.

    Charleton, Walter, M.D. (1619–1707), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

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  5. 5.

    Hughes, Sir Walter Charleton, (22 Sept. 1850–30 March 1922), Who Was Who, 2007

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  6. 6.

    Open Library author record for Walter Charleton (Internet Archive), 69 catalogued works.

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 3 articles naming Walter Charleton.

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 6 digitised items catalogued under Walter Charleton as creator.

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 66 works naming Walter Charleton.

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3084997: Walter Charleton

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  11. 11.

    “Walter Charleton”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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