England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Ottoman Empire.
Countries Visited
1651-1724
Date
Sir George Wheler
Journeys
Born at Breda in the Netherlands
1651
The family returned from exile to Charing, Kent
1652
31 January, matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford
1668
4 July, admitted to Middle Temple
1671
Started a continental tour in the company of George Hickes (1642-1715), his Oxford tutor
1673
October, travelled through France and Switzerland
1673
Travelled to Venice, met Jacob Spon there
1675
Travelled through Greece and Asia Minor
1675-1676
June to September - visited Corfu, Zante and the Cyclades
1675
September, arrived to Istanbul
1675
October, left for Izmir, travelled through Bursa, claimed to have studied a synthronon in Bursa in a ‘great Church turn’d into a Mosque’
1675
November, sailed from Izmir to Zante
1675
February, arrived to Athens from Zante
1676
Explored Attica from Athens
1676
Travelled to England through Italy and France
1676
15 November, arrives in England
1676
Married and became a Fellow of the Royal Society
1677
01 September, Knighted
1682
Ordained
1683
Became a canon of Durham
1683
Vicar of Basingstoke, Hampshire
1685-1702
Rector of Winston
1706
Rector of Houghton-le-Spring
1709
15 January, died in Durham, buried in Durham Cathedral
1724
England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Ottoman Empire.
Countries Visited
1651-1724
Date
Sir George Wheler
