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Authorised form of nameCantwell; Andrew (- 1764); physician
Dates - 1764
NationalityBritish
Place of birthTipperary, Ireland
Place of deathParis, France, Europe
Date of death11 July 1764
Occupationphysician
Research fieldMedicine
ActivityEducation:
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 categoryFellow
Date of election01/06/1738
ProposerMartin Folkes
Andrew Mitchell
Hans Sloane
Thomas Stack
Cromwell Mortimer
RelationshipsChildren: Andrew Samuel Michael Cantwell (1744–1802), librarian and translator in France.
PublishedWorksRCN 31812
OtherInfoStrong opponent of inoculation against smallpox, attacking the practice in two published works: Dissertation sur l'inoculation (1755) and Tableau de la petite vérole (1758).
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/88109457
CodeNA186
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EL/C3/20Letter, from Andrew Cantwell to the Royal Society, dated at Paris18 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 Stack1732
RBO/16/42'An account of a monstrous Boy' in a letter from Andrew Cantwell to Thomas Stack1731
EC/1738/06Cantwell, Andrew: certificate of election to the Royal Society1 June 1738
EL/C3/14Extract of a letter, from Andrew Cantwell of Montpellier to Thomas StackJune 1732
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