John Frere was an English antiquary and a pioneering discoverer of Old Stone Age or Lower Palaeolithic tools in association with large extinct animals at Hoxne, Suffolk in 1797.
- Occupation
- anthropologist, archaeologist, politician
- Position held
- member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain, High Sheriff of Suffolk
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- August 10, 1740
- Died
- July 12, 1807