Fothergill is a surname, thought to have come from the meaning 'Further river' and may refer to the following: Alastair Fothergill, English TV producer Allodin Fothergill (born 1987), Jamaican athlete Andrew Fothergill, English cricketer Anthony Fothergill (physician) (1732–1813), English physician Anthony Fothergill (theologian) (1686–1761), English theological writer Arnold Fothergill (1854–1932), English cricketer Bob Fothergill (1897–1938), American baseball player Charles Fothergill (1782–1840), Canadian journalist and politician Des Fothergill, Australian rules footballer George Algernon Fothergill (1868-1945), Scottish illustrator and painter Jessie Fothergill (1851–1891), English novelist John Fothergill (engineer) (born 1953), Pro-Vice-Chancellor of City University London John Fothergill (innkeeper) (1876–1957), English innkeeper and entrepreneur John Fothergill (merchant) (1730–1782), merchant from Birmingham, England John Fothergill (physician) FRS (1712–1780), English physician, plant collector, philanthropist and Quaker John Fothergill (priest) (1808–1851), the inaugural Archdeacon of Berbice John Milner Fothergill, M.D. (1841–1888), British physician and medical writer Marmaduke Fothergill (1652–1731), scholar and collector Miles Fothergill, British actor Pat Fothergill, Scottish roboticist Philip Fothergill, English businessman and politician Philip G. Fothergill FRSE FIAL (1908–1967), British biologist and historian of science Richard Fothergill (ironmaster) (1758–1821), ironmaster in South Wales Richard Fothergill (politician) (1822-1903), British politician and businessman Samuel Fothergill (1715–1772), Quaker minister Tessa Fothergill, founder of the British single-parent charity Gingerbread Thomas Fothergill, English academic administrator at the University of Oxford Thomas Fothergill (ironmaster) (1791–1858), ironmaster, sheriff of Monmouthshire Watson Fothergill, English architect William Edward Fothergill (born 1865), professor of clinical obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Manchester See also Fothergill (disambiguation) Fothergilla Henry Fothergill Chorley (1808–1872), English music critic William Fothergill Cooke (1806–1879), English inventor John Fothergill Crosfield (1915–2012), inventor and entrepreneur Abraham Cecil Francis Fothergill Rowlands (1856–1914) aka Cecil Raleigh, English actor and playwright Mr Fothergill's, a British seed merchant based in Kentford in Suffolk, England English-language surnames