Contents:
- Personal and family information
- Domicile region and Migration
- Social Information
- Education
- Sources
- Notes
- Sent letters
- Received letters
Personal and family information
Personal information
| Person ID | BS |
| Sex | Male |
| First Name | Benjamin |
| Last Name | Stillingfleet |
| Married name | - |
| Spouse | - |
| Spouse's Rank | - |
| Spouse's Title | - |
| Year of Marriage | - |
| Life span | 69 |
| Year of Birth | 1702 |
| Year of Death | 1771 |
Family
| Father | Edward Stillingfleet |
| Father's Rank | [Lower gentry] |
| Father's Title | Church of England clergyman |
| Mother | Mary Ann Stillingfleet |
Domicile region and Migration
Place of Birth (Town)
| Town | Wood Norton |
Domicile Region
| Address | Town | County | Country | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | [Wood Norton] | Norfolk | England | 1702- | - | 1 |
1 Benjamin Stillingfleet was born in the rectory at Wood Norton, Norfolk, in 1702.
Migration
| Address | Town | County | Country | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panton Square | London | Middlesex | England | 1743 | - | 1 |
| Piccadilly | London | Middlesex | England | - | 1771 | 2 |
| - | Foxley | Herefordshire | England | 1746 | - | 3 |
1 Benjamin Stillingfleet rented the house at Panton Square from William Windham and Price, who were his good friends.
2 Benjamin Stillingfleet died at his residence at Piccadilly.
3 When Benjamin Stillingfleet's good friend Price married in 1746 and settled at the family estate in Foxley, Benjamin moved to a cottage near Price's mansion and engaged himself in his studies.
Social Information
Social Class
| Rank | Lower gentry |
| Title | Esquire |
| From | 1702 |
| To | 1771 |
Social Mobility
-
Occupation
Botanist, scholar, translator, writer, tutor and later barrack master at Kensington
Education
Formal
| Institution | Norwich school and Trinity College |
| Highest Degree | BA |
| From | - |
| To | 1725 |
Private
-
Languages known
Classical languages, presumably Latin, Greek and perhaps Hebrew
Sources
Bibliography IDs
Hughes, 2004; Sairio, 2009
Notes
Benjamin Stillingfleet did not publish many of his works, but probably the most known was "Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Natural History, Husbandry, and Physick", which was published in 1775 and dedicated to Lord Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton.
Sent letters
No letters