John Whiteside (curator)

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John Whiteside
FRS
Antiquity Hall Suburbanu Oxon (c.1720), including the only know image of Whiteside
Born1679 (1679)
England
Died12 October 1729(1729-10-12) (aged 49–50)
EducationBrasenose College, Oxford
OccupationsChaplain
Museum keeper
Employer(s)Christ Church, Oxford
Ashmolean Museum
Known forKeeper of the Ashmolean Museum
FatherGeorge Whiteside

John Whiteside FRS (1679 – 12 October 1729) was an English chaplain, museum curator, experimental philosopher, and astronomer. He was Keeper (head) of the Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford.

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