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Authorised form of nameLatham; John (1740 - 1837)
Dates1740 - 1837
NationalityBritish
Place of birthEltham, Kent, England
Date of birth27 June 1740
Date of death04 February 1837
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Abbey church of Romsey, Hampshire
ActivityEducation:
MD (Erlangen)
Career:
Studied anatomy under John Hunter; set up practice in Dartford; helped found the Linnean Society
Memberships:
FSA (1774)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election25/05/1775
RelationshipsFather-in-law of George Ormerod (FRS 1819); grandfather of Edward Latham Ormerod (FRS 1870)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1837 No 30 p 12
CodeNA2599
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
L&P/5/192Letter, 'Of certain medical cases' from John Latham to Joseph Warner22 November 1770
L&P/7/72Letter, 'A dropsical case' from John Latham to Joseph Warner28 October 1778
EC/1775/08Latham, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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