caption resting_place death_date death_place religion birth_place image_size nationality birth_date known_for spouse image article_title name occupation
stillingfleet by johann zoffany , ra st james 's church , piccadilly 1771 piccadilly christianity -lrb- anglicanism -rrb- wood norton , norfolk 240px british 1702 the source of the phrase blue stocking no benjamin stillingfleet by johann zoffany , ra.jpg benjamin stillingfleet
 benjamin stillingfleet author
benjamin stillingfleet

benjamin stillingfleet -lrb- 1702 -- 1771 -rrb- was a botanist , translator and author .
he is said to be the first blue stocking , a phrase from which is derived the term bluestocking now used to describe a learned woman .
