| Authorised form of name | Currie; James (1756 - 1805) |
| Dates | 1756 - 1805 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Kirkpatrick Fleming parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 31 May 1756 |
| Place of death | Sidmouth, Devon |
| Date of death | 31 August 1805 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Parish church of Sidmouth, Devon |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
Studied in Edinburgh; MD (Glasgow, after 1777)
Career:
Emigrated to Virginia and was in mercantile business (1771); practised in Liverpool (for 12 years); advocate of the abolition of the slave trade; published 'medical reports on the effect of water ... as a remedy for fever' (1797); moved to Bath, then to Sidmouth
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/12/1792 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Code | NA2958 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/001022 | Currie, James | 1838 or 1842 |
| EC/1792/12 | Currie, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/10/8 | Paper, 'Account of the remarkable effects of a shipwreck on the mariners' by James Currie | 1792 |