| Authorised form of name | Buissière; Paul (c 1655 - 1739); surgeon and anatomist |
| Other forms of surname | Bussière |
| Dates | c 1655 - 1739 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | France, Europe |
| Date of birth | c. 1655 |
| Place of death | His house in Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, Westminster, London, England |
| Date of death | 1739 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Will and Testament (19 July 1737): Proved on 22 January 1739, bequeathed the sum of £200 to the French hospital in London. |
| Occupation | Surgeon; Anatomist |
| Activity | Career:
Practised in the Principality of Orange; a Huguenot, he fled France on account of his religion and settled first in Copenhagen, then London, where he had a successful practice; naturalised British (1688); lectured on anatomy and physiology; Governor of the French Hospital (1729); corresponded with Sir Hans Sloane (FRS 1685)
Memberships:
Corresponding Member of Academie Royale des Sciences
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/11/1699 |
| Proposer | Sir Hans Sloane |
| Other Royal Society activity | Approved as a fellow of the Royal Society on 22 March 1699, and was transferred from the 'Persons of other nations' category to the main list in 1713.
Maintained a scientific correspondence with Sir Hans Sloane (FRS 1685) |
| OtherInfo | One of the first to introduce a course of lectures on anatomy and physiology into England. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hunter |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/6753158369774001460008 |
| Code | NA3356 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RBO/9/96 | 'Anatomical Description of the heart of Land Tortoises from America' by Mr [Paul] Bussiere [Buissiere] | 1710 |
| LBO/28/60 | Copy letter from Paul Buissiere, London | 15 January 1693/1694 |
| IM/000648 | Buissiere, Paul | 2002 |
| P/0018 | Portrait of Buissiere, Paul | |
| CLP/14i/54 | Letter, regarding a substance coughed up which resembled the vessels of the lungs by Mr Bussier [Paul Buissiere] | [1700] |
| CLP/13/8 | Paper, 'An anatomicall account of a child's head born without a brain in October last 1698' by Monsieur Bussiere [Paul Buissiere] | [1699] |
| EL/B2/39 | Copy of a letter, from Monsieur [Paul] Buissiere [to the Royal Society], dated at London | 15 January 1694 |
| CLP/12i/55 | Extract, 'Part of a letter from Mr Bussiere [sic] to Dr Sloane wherein he gives an account of the new way of cutting for the stone by the hermit with his opinion of it' by [Paul] Buissiere | [1690s] |
| RBO/7/84 | Part of a letter from Mr [Paul] Bussiere [Buissiere] to Hans Sloane concerning a new method of removing a bladder stone | nd |