Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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John Covel (1638 - 19 December 1722) was a clergyman and scientist who became Master of Christ's College, Cambridge and vice-chancellor of the University.[1]
In 1670 he went to Constantinople as Chaplin to the Levant company. For a time he was in sole charge of the embassy there. He travelled widely in Asia Minor and described the buildings and plants which he saw. After his return and a period as Chaplin to the Princess of Orange in The Hague, he was elected the 15th Master of Christ's in 1688, a position he held until 1723[2]. In his later years he developed the study of fossils.[3]