MOFFET, Thomas (Muffet, Mouffet, Moffett) (1553 – 1604)
1553 – 1604
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
1634 CE
#288
Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum: Olim ab Edoardo Wottono, Conrado Gesnero, Thomaque Pennio inchoatum: Tandem Tho. Movfeti Londinâtis operâ sumptibusque maximis concinnatum, auctum, perfectum: Et ad vivum expressis iconibus suprà quingentis illustratum.
GESNER, Conrad [Konrad Gessner] (1516 – 1565)
WOTTON, Edward (1492 – 1555) MOFFET, Thomas (Muffet, Mouffet, Moffett) (1553 – 1604)
PENNY, Thomas (1532 – 1589) MAYERNE, Théodore Turquet de (1573 – 1654)
Edited for publication, and with an introduction by Théodore de Mayerne. Moffet, or Muffet, travelled extensively in Europe and kept copious notes of his observations on insects. He "first studied silkworms whi…
1655 CE
#9324
Health's improvement, or rules for preparing all sorts of food used in this nation. Written by that ever famous Thomas Muffet, Doctor in physick: Corrected and enlarged by Christopher Bennet, Doctor in Physick, and fellow of the Colledg of Physitians in London.
Moffet's work in nutrition was collected in his book Health's Improvement, which was designed more for the layman than for physicians. It also contains the first list of British wildfowl, recognizing for the first tim…