John Pettus (courtier)

Sir John Pettus (1613–1690) was an English royalist, politician and natural philosopher.^[1] Pettus was an expert on metallurgy and became a deputy governor of the royal mines in England and Wales under Charles I and II. He is known for the first English translation of the work of the German metallurgist Lazarus Ercker.

^ Porter, Stephen. "Pettus, Sir John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22068. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[ODNB-1] Porter, Stephen. "Pettus, Sir John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22068. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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