Peter Crompton (1765–1833) was an English physician, political radical and brewer.
Samuel Crompton (1714–1782), portrait by Joseph Wright of Derby
Derby Philosophical Society
The Derby Philosophical Society was a club for gentlemen in Derby founded in 1783 by Erasmus Darwin. The club had many notable members and also offered the first institutional library in Derby that was available to some section of the public.
The Cornmarket in Derby where the society met from 1783