bridge ▁of ▁New house , ▁Kent , ▁he ▁was ▁born ▁at ▁his ▁father ' s ▁house ▁of ▁New house ▁in ▁the ▁parish ▁of ▁P ens h urst , ▁Kent , ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁March ▁ 1 6 8 2 ; ▁his ▁father ▁had ▁an ▁estate ▁in ▁the ▁par ishes ▁of ▁P ens h urst , ▁Lam ber h urst , ▁Ton bridge , ▁and ▁Ch idd ing stone . ▁He ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁West er ham ▁grammar ▁school , ▁where ▁the ▁master ▁was ▁Thomas ▁Mann ingham , ▁and ▁on ▁ 1 4 ▁April ▁ 1 6 9 8 ▁mat ric ulated ▁at ▁University ▁College , ▁Oxford , ▁gradu ating ▁B . A . ▁at ▁Michael mas ▁ 1 7 0 1 , ▁M . A . ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁June ▁ 1 7 0 4 , ▁M . B . ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁May ▁ 1 7 0 7 , ▁and ▁M . D . ▁in ▁July ▁ 1 7 1 0 . ▁ ▁Thor pe ▁was ▁elected ▁a ▁fellow ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Society ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁November ▁ 1 7 0 5 , ▁and ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁lived ▁in ▁Or mond ▁Street , ▁London , ▁near ▁his ▁friend ▁Richard ▁M ead , ▁the ▁phys ician . ▁In ▁ 1 7 1 5 ▁he ▁settled ▁as ▁a ▁phys ician ▁in ▁Ro chester , ▁Kent ▁where ▁he ▁lived ▁within ▁the ▁prec inct s ▁of ▁the ▁c athedral , ▁and ▁att ained ▁built ▁up ▁a ▁practice . ▁He ▁died ▁on ▁