Johanna St John

Portrait of Johanna St John, by Godfrey Kneller

Johanna St John (1631–1705)[1] was an English gardener and herbalist, and the eldest daughter of a notable Parliamentarian, Oliver St John.[2] She would eventually marry Sir Walter St John, a distant relative.[2] Throughout her life, St John constructed two recipe books containing culinary, cosmetic, and medicinal recipes.[1] She was the grandmother to the first Viscount Bolingbroke, Henry St John.[3]

  1. ^ a b "The St. John Project". emroc. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b Leong, Elaine (23 April 2013). "Just who is this Johanna St. John?!?". The Recipes Project. doi:10.58079/tcn0. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Saint John, Johanna". Wellcome Collection. 1680. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.