| Authorised form of name | Boylstone; Zabdiel (1679 - 1766) |
| Other forms of surname | Boylston |
| Dates | 1679 - 1766 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 09 March 1679 |
| Date of death | 01 March 1766 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
The old cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
Trained under his father and Dr John Cutter of Boston
Career:
Practised in Boston; on the advice of Cotton Mather (FRS 1713) introduced inoculation for smallpox to America, which, although successful, engendered riots in which the houses of both men were attacked; visited London at the invitation of Sir Hans Sloane (FRS 1685) (1724-1726); after retiring from practice he took to breeding horses on his farm in Brookline
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/07/1726 |
| Relationships | Son of Dr Thomas Boylston, originally from England, the earliest physician of Muddy River (later Brookline), and his wife, Mary Gardner; married Jerusha Minot of Boston |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DAB; Hirsch
Notes:
Proposed by Johann Georg Steigertahl |
| Code | NA6059 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RBO/12/69 | James Campbell's account of the book entitled 'An historical account of the smallpox inoculated in New England upon all sorts of Persons...' by Zabdiel Boylston, Apothecary at Boston | 1726 |
| MS/390/215 | Bond of Zabdiel Boylston to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 7 July 1726 |
| CLP/22ii/17 | Paper, 'An historical account of the small pox inoculated in New England upon all sorts of persons....' by Zabdiel Boylston | c.1726 |
| EL/B2/121 | Letter, from Zabdiel Boylstone to James Jurin, dated at Boston | 14 December 1726 |
| EL/B2/122 | Letter, from Zabdiel Boylstone [to the Royal Society], dated at Boston | 1 February 1726 |