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Strutt, Jedidiah (1726-1797), b. South Normanton, Derbyshire. He 

 invented a ribbing machine, and joined Samuel Need, hosier, of Notting- 

 ham, in business there and at Derby. Both were associated with Ark- 

 wright (above) in the development of the cotton spinning frame and 

 opened the first mill at Nottingham. Strutt also established mills at 

 Belper, Milford and Derby and greatly improved the manufacture of 

 cahco. 



Strutt, William, F.R.S. (1756-1830). Eldest son of Jedidiah Strutt 

 (above), he inherited much of his father's mechanical genius. He worked on 

 systems of ventilating and heating large buildings and invented the 

 Belper stove which was the most efficient stove of its kind. He also 

 invented a self-acting spinning mule. A close friend of Erasmus Darwin 

 and other well-known scientists of the day, he was elected F.R.S. for his 

 inventive genius, d. Derby. 



Stukeley, William, F.R.S. (1687-1765), b. Holbeach, Lines. Edu- 

 cated at Holbeach Free School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 

 he studied surgery at St. Thomas's Hospital, practised for a time in 

 Boston (1710-1717) and then moved to London. Well known as an 

 antiquary he became F.R.S. in 1717 and, the foUowmg year, helped to 

 found the Society of Antiquaries of which he became Secretary. In 1724 

 he published Itinerarium Curiosum. In 1729 he was ordained and held 

 livings in Stamford, Somerby and London, d. London. 



Tennant, James (1808-1881), b. Upton, near Southwell. When he was 

 still a boy his family moved to Derby where he was apprenticed to a 

 dealer in minerals whose business he later acquired. He attended lec- 

 tures in London by Michael Faraday on whose recommendation he was 

 appointed lecturer in mineralogy at King's College, London (1838). He 

 was also lecturer in mineralogy and geology at Woolwich (1850-1867). 

 He was appointed mineralogist to Queen Victoria in 1840 and supervised 

 the recutting of the famous Koh-i-noor diamond. He wrote papers on 

 fossils and precious stones, d. London. 



Thoroton, Robert (1623-1678). Born of a family who had long held 

 property in Nottinghamshire he practised as a doctor at Car Colston, but, 

 confessing that he was unable ' to keep people alive for any length of 

 time' he turned 'to practise on the dead'. He began work in 1667 on 

 his Antiquities of Nottinghamshire which was published ten years later 

 and brought him a good reputation as an antiquary, d. Car Colston. 



ViGANi, John F. (1650-1712), b. Verona. After travelling throughout 

 Europe acquiring a knowledge of medicine and pharmacy he came to 

 England in 1682, married an Englishwoman and settled down at Newark. 

 In 1683 he began to give private tuition in chemistry at Cambridge and 

 was appointed professor (the first) in 1703. He was a skilled experi- 

 menter and a successful teacher especially in materia medica, and he 

 made useful observations on antimony and th^ distillation of acetic acid. 

 He retired to Newark where he died. 



WiLLUGHBY, Francis, F.R.S. (1635-1672), b. Middleton, Warwick. He 

 belonged to the family of Willughbys of Wollaton, and took his arts 



