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# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wyndham, John Heathcote

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wyndham, John Heathcote, s. William, of Dinton, Wilts, arm. Wadham Coll., matric. 24 May, 1794, aged 17; B.A. 1798, M.A. 1801, fellow until 1813, rector of Corton Denham, Somerset, 1813, and of Sock Dennis 1819, until his death 5 Jan., 1852, father of John Eveleigh last named.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wyndham, Henry Penruddocke (2)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wyndham, Henry Penruddocke, s. Henry Penruddocke, of Salisbury, arm. New Coll. matric. 28 July, 1795, aged 19; B.A. 1800, M.A. 1805, fellow until 1823, rector of Little Sampford, Essex, 1822, until his death 4 Feb., 1838.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wyndham, John Eveleigh

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wyndham, John Eveleigh, o.s. John Heathcote, of Oxford, cler. Oriel Coll., matric. 17 May, 1832, aged 17; B.A. 1836, M.A. 1840, of Clearwell Court co. Gloucester, bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1848, died in 1887, father of Edward J. E., and Thomas H. G. See Foster's Men at the Bar & Eton School Lists.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wyndham, John (1)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wyndham, John, s. William, of Dinton, Wilts, arm. Wadham Coll., matric. 4 May, 1762, aged 18; B.C.L. 1769, D.C.L. 1775, preb. of Bath and Wells 1775, rector of Corton Denham and Staple Fitzpaine, Somerset, died 18 Aug., 1816.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wyndham, John (2)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wyndham, John, 5s. William, of Dinton, Wilts, arm. Magdalen Coll., matric. 29 March, 1830, aged 17; B.A. 1834, M.A. 1838, rector of Sutton Mandeville, Wilts, 1840. See Eton School Lists.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wyndham, Hon. George O'Brien

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wyndham, Hon. George O'Brien, 1s. Henry, Baron Leconfield. New Coll., matric. 15 Oct., 1886, aged 17. See Foster's Peerage.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wyndham, Henry

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wyndham, Henry, 1s. George, of Brighton, Sussex, arm. (after Lord Leconfield). Christ Church, matric. 15 June, 1848, aged 17; 2nd Lord Leconfield, M.P. West Sussex, 1854-69. See Foster's Peerage & Eton School Lists.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Wyndham, Henry Penruddocke (1)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Wyndham, Henry Penruddocke, s. Henry, of Compton Chamberlain, Wilts, arm. Wadham Coll., matric. 21 Feb., 1755, aged 18; created M.A. 22 March, 1759, of the College, Sarum, F.A.S., 1777 and F.R.S. 1783, M.P. Wiltshire 1795-1812, died in May, 1819, author of topographical and biographical works.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Welchman, Rev. Harold de Vere

From volume 4 of the work.
​Welchman, Rev. Harold de Vere, 5s. Charles Edward Eliot, of Lichfield, D.Med. Hertford Coll., matric. 19 Oct., 1881, aged 20; scholar 1880-6, B.A. 1886, M.A. 1888.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Weld, William

From volume 4 of the work.
​Weld, William, s. William, of St. James's, Westminster, gent. St. John's Coll., matric. 28 Oct., 1817, aged 17; B.A. 1822, bar.-at-law, Lincoln's Inn, 1826, died 10 Feb., 1886.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Welchman, John (2)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Welchman, John, s. William, of Banbury, Oxon, cler.Trinity Coll., matric. 5 April, 1731, aged 18, B.A. 1734; M.A. from Christ's Coll., Cambridge, 1738, rector of Dodford, Northants, at his death in 1800, brother of William 1739.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Welchman, William (1)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Welchman, William, s. Edward, of Lapworth, co. Warwick, cler. Merton Coll., matric. 27 Nov., 1719, aged 17, B.A. 1723; M.A. from St. Edmund Hall 1726 (? rector of Solihull 1736, and of Preston Bagot, co. Warwick, 1744).
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Welchman, William (2)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Welchman, William, s. William, of Dodford, Northants, cler. Trinity Coll., matric. 7 June, 1739, aged 18.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Welfitt, Samuel William

From volume 4 of the work.
​Welfitt, Samuel William, 1s. John Need, of Sherwood, Notts, arm. Trinity Coll., matric. 16 May, 1825, aged 18; of Langwith Lodge, Notts, J.P., D.L., high sheriff 1856, lieut.-colonel commandant Sherwood rangers yeomanry, sometime captain 17th lancers, assumed the surname of Welfitt in lieu of Need.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Welfitt, William

From volume 4 of the work.
​Welfitt, William, s. William, of Hull, gent. University Coll., matric. 11 April, 1764, aged 19; B.A. 1768. M.A. 1772, B. & D.D. 1785, rector of Blyboro' with Bland, co. Leicester, 1773, preb. of Canterbury 1786, rector of St. Benet, Gracechurch Street, 1791, rector of Hastingleigh, and vicar of Elmstead, Kent, and vicar of Ticehurst, Sussex, 1795, until his death 3 Feb., 1833.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Welchman, Richard

From volume 4 of the work.
​Welchman, Richard, s. William, of Preston, co. Warwick, cler. Worcester Coll., matric. 1 July, 1767, aged 19; B.A. 1771.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Weld, Joseph

From volume 4 of the work.
​Weld, Joseph, s. William, of St. James's, Westminster, gent. St. Edmund Hall, matric. 21 Oct., 1814, aged 18; B.A. 1818, M.A. 1824, chaplain Tenterden Union, Kent, 1837-70, died 16 May, 1877.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Weldon, Stewart

From volume 4 of the work.
​Weldon, Stewart (B.A. Trinity Coll., Dublin, 1770), s. Walter, of Dublin, Ireland, arm. St. Mary Hall, incorp. 26 April (or 4 May), 1771, aged 20; of Kilmorony, M.P. Ennis 1783-90, died 2 Jan., 1829. See Foster's Baronetage.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willan, Samuel

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willan, Samuel, s. George, of 'Stolks Markett,' City of London, pleb. Queen's Coll., matric. 28 March, 1724, aged 17; B.A. 1727, M.A. 1730.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willaume, Charles Dymoke

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willaume, Charles Dymoke, s. John, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, arm. Oriel Coll., matric. 31 May, 1802, aged 19; B.A. 1806, M.A. 1809, rector of Brown Candover, Hants, 1807, and of Chilton Candover, 1809, until his death 27 Feb., 1848.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willan, William (2)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willan, William, 1s. William, of Port Glasgow, co. Renfrew, gent. Queen's Coll., matric. 29 Oct., 1867, aged 22; B.A. 1872, M.A. 1874, vicar of Roecliffe, Yorks, 1880.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willcock, William

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willcock, William, s. John, of Fowey, Cornwall, gent. Exeter Coll., matric. 25 March, 1790, aged 19; B.A. 1793.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willcocks, Josiah O'Farrell

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willcocks, Josiah O'Farrell, 3s. William, of Dadropore, India, arm. Keble Coll., matric. 14 Oct., 1872, aged 18; B.A. 1877, M.A. 1879, chaplain India 1880.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willcocks, Rev. Charles Anthony

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willcocks, Rev. Charles Anthony, 2s. Isaac, of West Looe, Cornwall, gent. Exeter Coll., matric. 2 June, 1868, aged 18; B.A. 1874, M.A. 1875.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willan, William (1)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willan, William, s. William, of Westminster, arm. Christ Church, matric. 26 Jan., 1790, aged 17.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willats, Thomas

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willats, Thomas, s. Thomas, of Caversham, Oxon, gent. St. Mary Hall, matric. 19 July, 1783, aged 21 (? rector of East Hatley, co. Cambridge, 1823)
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willcock, George

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willcock, George, 2s. John (William), of Bideford, Devon, arm. (q.c.). Exeter Coll., matric. 7 Dec., 1820, aged 18; B.A. 1824, vicar of West Mersea, Essex, 1851, until his death 4 Jan., 1858.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Willats, Lionell

From volume 4 of the work.
​Willats, Lionell, s. Charles, of Torrington, Yorks, cler. Merton Coll., matric. 14 May, 1741, aged 17; B.A. 14 Feb., 1744-5.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Youde, Henry

From volume 4 of the work.
​Youde, Henry, s. John, of Llandegfan, co. Anglesea, cler. Jesus Coll., matric. 3 Dec., 1801, aged 18; B.A. 1805, M.A. 1808.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Yorke, Philip Chesney

From volume 4 of the work.
​Yorke, Philip Chesney, 3s. Reginald, of Eaton Bishop, co. Hereford, arm. Magdalen Coll., matric. 1 March, 1886, aged 20.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Yorke, William (2)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Yorke, William, s. William, of Crewkerne, Somerset, gent. Exeter Coll., matric. 10 May, 1771, aged 18.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Yorke, William (3)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Yorke, William, s. John, of Dublin (city), arm. University Coll., matric. 9 Feb., 1810, aged 17.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Yorke, Walter Chapman

From volume 4 of the work.
​Yorke, Walter Chapman, s. William, of Clapham, Somerset, gent. Wadham Coll., matric. 31 May, 1786, aged 21.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Youde, Charles Madoc

From volume 4 of the work.
​Youde, Charles Madoc, s. Thomas, of Rhuabon, co. Denbigh, cler. Hertford Coll., matric. 21 Oct., 1795, aged 18; died in 1797, brother of Thomas W.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Youde, Rev. Thomas

From volume 4 of the work.
​Youde, Rev. Thomas, s. Thomas, of Ruthin, co. Denbigh, gent. Brasenose Coll., matric. 2 April, 1757, aged 18: B.C.L. 1764, brother of the last named, and father of the next named and of Charles M.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Yorke, Thomas Henry

From volume 4 of the work.
​Yorke, Thomas Henry, s. Thomas, of Long Preston, Yorks, arm. University Coll., matric. 19 April, 1804, aged 19; B.A. 1808, M.A. 1810, scholar 1812-13, rector of St. Cuthberts, Peasholm Green, 1818-58, vicar of Bishop Middleham 1813, until his death 16 Feb., 1868.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Yorke, William (1)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Yorke, William, cler. fil. New Coll., matric. 4 Oct., 1750.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Youde, John

From volume 4 of the work.
​Youde, John, s. Thomas, of Ruthin, co. Denbigh, gent. Jesus Coll., matric. 22 Oct., 1760, aged 17 (? fellow St. John's Coll., Cambridge, B.A. 1765, M.A. 1768, who died vicar of Higham, Kent, in 1796), father of the last named.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Windsor, Francis Duncan

From volume 4 of the work.
​Windsor, Francis Duncan, y.s. Samuel Bampfylde, of Kingston, Canada, cler. Non-Coll., matric. 16 Oct., 1886, aged 19.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Windsor, James

From volume 4 of the work.
​Windsor, James, s. John, of Uffculme, Devon, cler. Exeter Coll., matric. 10 March, 1769, aged 18; B.A. 1773, vicar of Uffculme 1783, until his death in 1833.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Windsor, William

From volume 4 of the work.
​Windsor, William, St. Mary Hall, 1802. See Winsor, page 1590.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Windus, Roland John

From volume 4 of the work.
​Windus, Roland John, o.s. James, of London, gent. Worcester Coll., matric. 24 Jan., 1877, aged 19; B.A. 1881, a student of Lincoln's Inn 1880.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Winfield, Thomas

From volume 4 of the work.
​Winfield, Thomas, s. James, of Chester (city), cler. Brasenose Coll., matric. 21 April, 1800, aged 16; B.A. 1804, M.A. 1806, died rector of Finmere, Oxon, 1812.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Windsor, Peter

From volume 4 of the work.
​Windsor, Peter, s. Richard, of Tottenham High Cross, Middlesex, gent. Pembroke Coll., matric. 30 April, 1778, aged 20. See St. Paul's School Reg., 146.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Windus, John William Plumer

From volume 4 of the work.
​Windus, John William Plumer, 3s. Arthur, of St. Margaret's, Westminster, gent. Exeter Coll., matric. 4 Dec., 1823, aged 18; B.A. 1827.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Windsor, John

From volume 4 of the work.
​Windsor, John, s. John, of Upton, Devon, cler. Wadham Coll., matric. 29 March, 1740, aged 17; B.A. 1743, M.A. 1746.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Windsor, Samuel Bampfylde

From volume 4 of the work.
​Windsor, Samuel Bampfylde, 2s. James William, of Bath (city), gent. Christ Church, matric. 22 Oct., 1835, aged 17; servitor 1835-40, B.A. 1839, M.A. 1845, warden of Church College, Tasmania, 1846-54, chaplain to the forces 1855, died 18 March, 1878, father of Francis D.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Windus, William Edward

From volume 4 of the work.
​Windus, William Edward, 1s. Benjamin Godfray, of Tottenham, Middlesex, gent. Pembroke Coll., matric. 4 June, 1845, aged 17.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Westmorland, Thomas

From volume 4 of the work.
​Westmorland, Thomas, s. Joseph, of Kirkland, Cumberland, pleb. Queen's Coll., matric. 18 June, 1794, aged 20; B.A. 1798, M.A. 1801, vicar of Great Sandal, Yorks, 1818, and perp. curate Buttermere, Cumberland, at his death 25 March, 1845.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Weston, Charles

From volume 4 of the work.
​Weston, Charles, s. Edward, of London, arm. Christ Church, matric. 17 Dec. 1748, aged 17; B.A. 1752, M.A. 1755, preb. of Lincoln 1756-1801, rector of Therfield, Herts, 1762, archdeacon of Wilts 1763-8, preb. of St. Paul's 1763, and of Durham 1764, until his death in 1801 (a grandson of Stephen, bishop of Exeter).
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Weston, Charles Frederick

From volume 4 of the work.
​Weston, Charles Frederick, 1s. Frederick, of Charsfield, Suffolk, cler. Worcester Coll., matric. 16 Oct., 1879, aged 18.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Weston, John (1)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Weston, John, s. Paul, of Bristol, gent. Balliol Coll., matric. 11 March, 1725-6, aged 16; B.A. 1729, M.A. 1732.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Westoby, Amos

From volume 4 of the work.
​Westoby, Amos, s. John, of Wintringham, co. Lincoln, gent. St. Edmund Hall, matric. 7 Dec., 1810, aged 24; B.A. 1814, M.A. 1817, rector of Farthingston, Northants, 1843-73, died 21 April, 1873.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Weston, Henry William

From volume 4 of the work.
​Weston, Henry William, 3s. Thomas, of Hallow, co. Worcester, gent. All Souls' Coll., matric. 7 May, 1829, aged 18; bible clerk 1829-33, B.A. 1833, M.A. 1840.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Weston, John (3)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Weston, John, s. Rhodes, of Kingsbridge, Devon, pleb. Exeter Coll., matric. 30 Aug., 1736, aged 18; B.A. 1740, fellow 1741-5, M.A. 1743, kept school at St. Thomas's, Exeter; one of these names vicar of Whitchurch, and rector of St. Leonard, Exeter, 1755, died 9 Oct., 1767. See Coll. Reg., 101.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Westmorland, Sargeant

From volume 4 of the work.
​Westmorland, Sargeant, s. John, of Tingrith, Beds, cler. Hart Hall, matric. 18 March, 1724-5, aged 16.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Weston, Edmund Culpeper

From volume 4 of the work.
​Weston, Edmund Culpeper, 1s. Robert Culpeper, of Leeds, cler. Brasenose Coll., matric. 19 Oct., 1868, aged 18; B.A. from Charsley Hall, 1876.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Weston, John (2)

From volume 4 of the work.
​Weston, John, s. Charles, of co. Gloucester, gent. Trinity Coll., matric. 19 Sept., 1732, aged 19; B.A. 1736.
# American Medical Biographies/Bradford, William

​Bradford, William (1729–1808)
William Bradford, physician, lawyer and legislator of Rhode Island, was born at Plympton, Mass., November 4, 1729, and died at Bristol, Rhode Island, July 6, 1808.
He was a descendant of Governor Bradford, received a good education, and studied medicine under Dr. Ezekiel Hersey (q.v.) of Hingham, Mass. After a few years' practice at Warren, R. I., he removed to Bristol in the same state where he erected a fine house on Mount Hope. He studied and practised law, attaining high rank in that profession. He was a member of the Rhode Island Committee of Correspondence in 1773, was chosen deputy Governor of Rhode Island the same year, and was elected a delegate from Rhode Island to the Continental Congress, but never took his seat. During the cannonade of Bristol, October 7, 1775, Governor Bradford went on board The Rose in behalf of the inhabitants, and treated with Capt. Wallace for the cessation of the bombardment. From 1793 to 1797 he was a United States senator and in the latter year was president of the senate pro tempore.
His son, Major William Bradford (1752–1811), H. U. 1773, was aide to Gen. Charles Lee of the Revolutionary Army.
# American Medical Biographies/Brevard, Ephraim

​Brevard, Ephraim (1750?–1783)
Ephraim Brevard, a North Carolina patriot of the American Revolution, reputed author of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, was descended from a French ​Huguenot who had gone from his native land to the north of Ireland, and thence to Maryland. The family settled in Mecklenburg, N. C., about 1740. Ephraim, the oldest of eight sons, had the misfortune in his boyhood to lose the sight of one eye, but this did not prevent his receiving a liberal education. He graduated at Princeton College in 1768, studied medicine, and settled as a physician at Charlotte, N. C. During the troubles preceding the Revolution several county meetings were held here, and at one, held May 31, 1775, Dr. Brevard was secretary, and prepared a series of twenty resolutions declaring the government heretofore existing now dissolved, branding as traitors those who should henceforth accept offices from the Crown, establishing a new administration for the county, and calling upon all the inhabitants of the country to unite in maintaining their rights. These resolutions were sent to the provincial congress and to the delegates from North Carolina then attending the Continental Congress at Philadelphia. They were printed on June 13, 1775, in the South Carolina Gazette in Charleston, copies of which were sent to London by the royal governors of both North Carolina and Georgia as indicating the desperate situation of affairs. Dr. Brevard and his seven brothers all served in the Revolutionary Army, and his mother's house was burned on this account by a detachment from Lord Cornwallis's army. When the Southern army was captured at Charleston, S. C., in May, 1780, Dr. Brevard became a prisoner.
When released, some months later, his health was so broken that he died at Charlotte in 1783. He was buried at Hopewell, but his grave was not marked.
# American Medical Biographies/Brickell, John (1710–1745)

​Brickell, John (1710?–1745)
John Brickell, M. D., author of "The natural history of North Carolina" (Dublin, 1737; with altered title page, Dublin, 1743; reprinted, 1911), is believed to have been a native of Ireland, and to have returned to that island after his brief residence in America. Little is known of the details of his life. The plausible suggestion has been made that he came to North Carolina with Governor George Burrington in 1724. While in North Carolina his home was at Edenton. About 1730 he was one of a party of ten who, with two Indian guides, spent nearly two months in the exploration of the interior country of the province; they penetrated the mountains, and it has been claimed that they reached what is now eastern Tennessee. In 1731 Brickell was still at Edenton, but soon afterward left the colony.
The book upon which his reputation rests has been severely criticized, because he copied into it, without credit, a large part of John Lawson's earlier "History of Carolina" (1714). It must be remembered, however, that Lawson's book was well known, and was the only earlier work of similar scope, so that Brickell might reasonably have been expected to incorporate anything of value that it contained and may have considered the giving of specific credit under the circumstances quite superfluous; besides, Brickell added ​much information that he had gathered at first hand.
Besides his book, Brickell is said to have published, at Dublin, a "Catalogue of American trees and plants which will bear the climate of England" (1745).
# American Medical Biographies/Bradley, Samuel Beach

​Bradley, Samuel Beach (1796–1880)
Samuel Beach Bradley, physician and botanist, son of the Rev. Joel Bradley and Mary Anne Beach, was born in Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York, August 14, 1796. He graduated at Union College, 1814, then studied medicine with Seth Hastings who had an extensive botanical garden for the special use of his students, and it was here that young Bradley became interested in botany and made a thorough study of the local flora.
He practised in Eaton, New York, and in 1820 moved to Parma, New York; in 1823 he settled in West Greece, Monroe County, which became his home the rest of his life.
As a botanist his reputation was more than local. He is cited as an authority in Gray's Botany (5th ed.); in Paine's "Catalogue of Plants of Oneida County and Vicinity" (1865) he is given as the sole authority for twenty-one species of plants found in the neighborhood of Rochester; and in the "List of Plants of Monroe County, New York and Adjacent Territory," published by the Rochester Academy of Science (1896), he was credited with eleven species not hitherto reported. A close and accurate observer, his work along the lake shore, inlets and ponds was particularly thorough.
Dr. Bradley was a noted linguist, a master of seven languages, and an indefatigable reader.
He was rather stout, with broad shoulders and a fine head, broad forehead, eyes dark and brilliant.
He was twice married, first in 1817 to Cornelia Bradley, who lived only a few months; second to Mrs. Sarah Bartlett Crane. His children were two daughters, and a son, William Bradley (1838–1907), who became a physician of Evanston, Illinois.
The last months were devoted to naming and rearranging the specimens in his herbarium; the greater part of which at his death was given to the Northwestern University, a part remaining in the Rochester Academy of Science.
He died at his home in West Greece, October 3, 1880.