John Rotherham or Rotheram FSA Scot FRSE FLS (c.1750–1804) was an 18th-century British physician and scientist.
He was born around 1750 in Hexham in northern England, the son of Catherine Roberts and her husband Dr John Rotheram.
He was educated at Newcastle Grammar School in part learning mathematics and physics from his father and Charles Hutton.
[3] In 1795 he moved to the University of St Andrews to replace Prof Forrest as Professor of Natural Philosophy (Physics).
However, Rotherham was personally recommended for the position by Sir James Stirling, 1st Baronet, Lord Provost of Edinburgh.