| Authorised form of name | Cantwell; Andrew (- 1764); physician |
| Dates | - 1764 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Tipperary, Ireland |
| Place of death | Paris, France, Europe |
| Date of death | 11 July 1764 |
| Occupation | physician |
| Research field | Medicine |
| Activity | Education:
Montpellier University (1729)
Career: Attempted and failed to secure the succession to the chair of medicine at Montpellier (1732); moved to Paris to continue his medical studies (1735); became doctor of the Paris faculty (1742); professor of surgery in the Latin language, Paris (1750); professor of surgery in the French language, Paris (1760); professor of pharmacy (1762). |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 01/06/1738 |
| Proposer | Martin Folkes |
| Andrew Mitchell |
| Hans Sloane |
| Thomas Stack |
| Cromwell Mortimer |
| Relationships | Children: Andrew Samuel Michael Cantwell (1744–1802), librarian and translator in France. |
| PublishedWorks | RCN 31812 |
| OtherInfo | Strong opponent of inoculation against smallpox, attacking the practice in two published works: Dissertation sur l'inoculation (1755) and Tableau de la petite vérole (1758). |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/88109457 |
| Code | NA186 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/C3/20 | Letter, from Andrew Cantwell to the Royal Society, dated at Paris | 18 March 1739 |
| RBO/17/29 | 'Some account of the experiments made on the distilled water of Lauro-cerasus from a letter of Andrew Cantwell to Thomas Stack | 1732 |
| RBO/16/42 | 'An account of a monstrous Boy' in a letter from Andrew Cantwell to Thomas Stack | 1731 |
| EC/1738/06 | Cantwell, Andrew: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1 June 1738 |
| EL/C3/14 | Extract of a letter, from Andrew Cantwell of Montpellier to Thomas Stack | June 1732 |