English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)

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John Locke. Line engraving by A. Smith, 1785, after Sir G. Kneller, 1697.

John Locke. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman after Sir G. Kneller, 1697.

John Locke. Line engraving by J. June after Sir G. Kneller, 1697.

John Locke. Line engraving by P. Dupin, 1765, after Sir G. Kneller, 1697.

John Locke. Line engraving by P. Vanderbank, 1694, after S. Brownover.

John Locke. Stipple engraving by T. Cheesman, 1814, after Sir G. Kneller, 1697.

John Locke. Stipple engraving by R. Hicks, 1836, after Sir G. Kneller.

Epitaph of John Locke; above, his coat of arms. Etching.

John Locke. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Godby after G. B. Cipriani.

John Locke. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman, 1831, after J. M. Rysbrack [?].

John Locke. Line engraving by P. Tanjé, 1754, after Sir G. Kneller, 1697.

John Locke: frontal view of bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

The Continuum companion to Locke / general editors, S.-J. Savonius-Wroth, Paul Schuurman, Jonathan Walmsley.

John Locke, 1632-1704, physician and philosopher : a medical biography / with an edition of the medical notes in his journals.

Regimens of the mind : Boyle, Locke, and the early modern cultura animi tradition / Sorana Corneanu.

John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

A collection of voyages and travels, some now first printed from original manuscripts, others now first published in English. To which is prefixed, an introductory discourse (supposed to be written by the celebrated Mr. Locke) intitled, the whole history of navigation from its original to this time / Illustrated with maps and cuts, curiously engraved.

Thomas Willis's Oxford lectures / [translated and edited] by Kenneth Dewhurst.

Thomas Sydenham's Observationes medicae (London, 1676) and his Medical observations (Manuscript 572 of the Royal College of Physicians of London) : with new transcripts of related Locke MSS. in the Bodleian Library / G.G. Meynell.

Some thoughts concerning education / [John Locke].

The works of John Locke, esq / in three volumes ... With alphabetical tables.

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John Locke

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John Locke, 1632-1704, physician and philosopher : a medical biography / with an edition of the medical notes in his journals.

Thomas Willis's Oxford lectures / [translated and edited] by Kenneth Dewhurst.

Thomas Sydenham's Observationes medicae (London, 1676) and his Medical observations (Manuscript 572 of the Royal College of Physicians of London) : with new transcripts of related Locke MSS. in the Bodleian Library / G.G. Meynell.

Some thoughts concerning education / [John Locke].

The works of John Locke, esq / in three volumes ... With alphabetical tables.

John Locke

Images from the collections

Images by John Locke

Images featuring John Locke

Works from the collections

John Locke, 1632-1704, physician and philosopher : a medical biography / with an edition of the medical notes in his journals.

Thomas Willis's Oxford lectures / [translated and edited] by Kenneth Dewhurst.

Thomas Sydenham's Observationes medicae (London, 1676) and his Medical observations (Manuscript 572 of the Royal College of Physicians of London) : with new transcripts of related Locke MSS. in the Bodleian Library / G.G. Meynell.

Some thoughts concerning education / [John Locke].

The works of John Locke, esq / in three volumes ... With alphabetical tables.

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