| Authorised form of name | Scarburgh; Sir; Charles (1615 - 1694); physician and natural philosopher |
| Other forms of surname | Scarborough |
| Dates | 1615 - 1694 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | London, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | c. December 1615 |
| Place of death | London, England, Europe |
| Date of death | 26 February 1694 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
St Martin in the Fields, England, Europe (29 December 1615)
Burial:
Cranford, Middlesex, England, Europe |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Anatomy |
| Activity | Education:
St Paul's School, London; Caius College, Cambridge (BA 1637; MA 1640); studied mathematics with Seth Ward (FRS 1663); Merton College, Oxford (DMed 1646); Incorporated at Cambridge (1660)
Career:
Fellow of Caius (1642-1649); elected Anatomical Reader by the Barber Surgeons' Company (1649); assisted William Harvey in his work on the generation of animals (c.1645); Lumleian lecturer at College of Physicians (1656); Harveian orator (1662); Physician for the Tower of London (1663-?1685); Physician to Charles II, James II, William III and the Royal Household; MP for Camelford (1685-1687); Governor of Christ's Hospital (1673); amassed a fine library of mathematical books; published a guide to human dissection 'Syllabus musculorum' (1676); MP for Camelford (1685)
Honours:
Kt 1669
Memberships:
FRCP (1650) |
| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| Date of ejection or withdrawal | 29 October 1666 (for non-payment of arrears) |
| Relationships | Parents: Edmund Scarborough and Hannah Butler
Siblings: Edmund Scarborough
Married: Mary Daniel
Children: Charles Scarburgh; four others |
| OtherInfo | When Scarburgh was a child, his father and family moved to Virginia while Charles was educated in England. Here, his father represented the Accomac Shire in the Virginia General Assembly and his brother was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and became one of the region's largest owners of enslaved people. Charles Scarburgh remained in England and enjoyed a well-established reputation as an anatomist and physician. He was present during the Charles II's last illness and wrote an account of this, reportedly to dispell rumours of poisoning, which is now held at the Society of Antiquaries. As an MP for Camelford, he was not appointed to any committees. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; Foster; McDonnell; Henning; ODNB
References:
Hall, A R and Hall, M B. 1968. 'The Intellectual Origins of the Royal Society - London and Oxford', in Notes and Records, vol. 23, pp. 157-168
Jardine, L. 2004. 'The 2003 Wilkins Lecture: Dr Wilkins's boy wonders', in Notes and Records, vol. 58, pp. 107-129
McKie, D. 1960. 'The Origins and Foundation of the Royal Society of London', in Notes and Records, vol. 15, pp. 1-37
A C S. 1939. 'Notes on the Foundation and History of the Royal Society', in Notes and Records, vol. 1, pp. 32-36
Notes:
The election date is Scarburgh's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously elected on 16 January 1661. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/45706352 |
| Code | NA1438 |