John Lightfoot (biologist)

The Reverend John Lightfoot (9 Dec 1735 – 20 Feb 1788) was an English conchologist and botanist. He was born in Newent, Gloucestershire and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford. He gained a BA in 1756 and an MA in 1766.

Lightfoot was Rector of Gotham, and the chaplain and librarian for Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland. He was also curate of Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire and Uxbridge, which was then part of Middlesex. He was the author of Flora Scotica (2 vols, 1777) and An Account of Some Minute British Shells, Either not Duly Observed, or Totally Unnoticed by Authors (1786). Lightfoot died in Uxbridge and was buried at Cowley, which was then part of Middlesex.

References

• The Linnean Society of London