| Authorised form of name | Blagden; Sir; Charles (1748 - 1820); physician |
| Dates | 1748 - 1820 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England |
| Date of birth | 17 April 1748 |
| Place of death | The house of his friend Berthollet, a renowned chemist, at Arcueil, near Paris, France |
| Date of death | 26 March 1820 |
| Research field | Physical chemistry |
| Activity | Education:
MD (1768, Edinburgh)
Career:
Medical Officer in the Army (until 1814); Secretary of the Royal Society (1784-1797); friend of Sir Joseph Banks
Honours:
Kt c 1793
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 25/06/1772 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Sec 1784-1797
Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1788 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
Neil Chambers, 'Letters From the President: the Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 27-57
Ernest Heberden, 'Correspondence of William Heberden, FRS With the Reverend Stephen Hales and Sir Charles Blagden' in NR 1984-85 vol 39 pp 179-189
Sir Gavin de Beer and Max H Hey, 'The First Ascent of Mont Blanc' in NR 1954-55 vol 11 pp 236-255
R K Bluhm, 'A Guide to the Archives of the Royal Society and to other Manuscripts in its Possession' in NR 1956-57 vol 12 pp 21-39
G. R. De Beer, ‘The diary of Sir Charles Blagden’, NR vol 8 1950–51pp 65–89
G R de Beer, 'The Relations between Fellows of the Royal Society and French Men of Science when France and Britain were at War' in NR 1952 vol 9 pp 244-299
A D Atkinson, 'Dr Johnson and the Royal Society' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 131-138
L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305
M Crosland, 'Relationships between the Royal Society and the Academie des Sciences in the late eighteenth century' in NR 2005 vol 59 pp 25-34
C Anderson, 'Blagden Papers at the Royal Society' in NR 2007 vol 61 pp 237-238 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/2896807 |
| Code | NA8132 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/005298 | Blagden, Sir Charles | 1994 |
| MM/1/33 | Letter from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square | 29 March 1784 |
| IM/005299 | Blagden, Sir Charles | 1994 |
| MM/2/11C | Card from Charles Blagden, Kings Road, to Russell | 23 April 1784 |
| DM/4/18 | Copies of letters from Comte de Cassini, Paris, to Charles Blagden | 29 May 1787, 27 July 1787 |
| DM/4/22 | Copy of a letter Charles Blagden to Comte de Cassini | 20 April 1787 |
| DM/4/19 | Copy of letter from Charles Blagden to Comte de Cassini, Paris | 29 June 1787 |
| CB/1/2/1 | Letter from Charles Blagden, Dicksons Close, Edinburgh to Mrs Elizabeth Nelmes | 1 November 1765 |
| MM/16/101 | Letter from J B Biot to C Blagden | 29 April 1816 |
| EC/1772/20 | Blagden, Sir Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MOB/044 | Compound microscope | c.1800 |
| MS/818 | Letter from Sir Joseph Banks to Sir Charles Blagden | 28 October 1818 |
| MS/62 | The Marine Atlas by Thomas South. A New Invention for the Preservation of Ships and Security of Mariners. Humbly offered to the Public in its unfinished state, as an Excitement to Industry and Ingenuity | 1787 |
| MS/819 | Letter from Sir Charles Blagden to Sir Joseph Banks | 31 August 1790 |
| L&P/9/76 | Paper, 'Experiments on the cooling of water below its freezing point' by Charles Blagden | 1788 |
| L&P/11/7 | Letter, 'Official report on the lightning conductors at Purfleet' from Henry Cavendish and Charles Blagden to Joseph Banks | 23 June 1796 |
| L&P/8/163 | Paper, 'Of an erratum in his paper in the Philosophical Transactions' from Edward Waring to Charles Blagden | 1785 |
| L&P/8/156 | Letter, 'On further magnetical experiments suggested by Dr Blagden' from Tiberius Cavallo to Charles Blagden | 9 January 1786 |
| L&P/8/59 | Letter, 'On meteors' from Charles Blagden to Joseph Banks | 1783 |
| L&P/6/86 | Paper, 'Experiments and observations in a heated room' by Charles Blagden | 1775 |
| L&P/6/46 | Letter, 'The history of reindeer' from Daines Barrington to Charles Blagden | 30 December 1773 |
| L&P/7/196 | Paper, 'Of the heat of the water in the Gulf Stream' by Charles Blagden | 1781 |
| L&P/6/132 | Paper, 'Further experiments in a heated room' by Charles Blagden | 1775 |
| L&P/7/183 | Letter, 'Flagstaff struck by lightning' from Charles Blagden to Joseph Banks | 22 November 1780 |
| L&P/9/74/1 | Letter, 'Account of electrical apparatus' from John Lyon to Charles Blagden | 6 December 1787 |
| L&P/9/52 | Letter, 'Narrative of a fall into an abandoned coal-pit near Glasgow' from George Spearing to Charles Blagden | 28 November 1786 |
| L&P/7/239/1 | Report, 'Of the failure of eight pointed conductors to prevent the poor-house at Heckingham, Norfolk' by Charles Blagden and Edward Nairne | 7 February 1782 |
| L&P/12/134/1 | Letter, 'Description of an instrument of greater extent than a sextant' by Anthony Dunlop to Charles Blagden | 30 March 1806 |
| L&P/11/16 | Letter, 'On the intensity of cold' from Richard Walker to Charles Blagden | 1796 |
| L&P/9/169 | Paper, 'Report on the best method of proportioning the excise upon spirituous liquors' by Charles Blagden | 1790 |
| L&P/9/85 | Paper, 'Experiments on the effect of various substances in lowering the point of congelation in water' by Charles Blagden | 1788 |
| L&P/10/23 | Paper, 'Supplementary report on the best method of proportioning the excise upon spirituous liquors' by Charles Blagden | 1792 |
| L&P/10/24 | Paper, 'Appendix to the report given by Charles Blagden' by George Gilpin | 14 June 1792 |
| L&P/10/15 | Letter, 'Remarkable failure of haddocks on the coasts of Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire' from Reverend Cooper Abbs to Charles Blagden | 9 May 1792 |
| L&P/8/30 | Paper, 'History of the congelation of quicksilver' by Charles Blagden | 1783 |
| L&P/11/9 | Note, 'To the effect that Mr Tennant has destroyed his paper in the diamond' from Bulmer to Charles Blagden | 1796 |
| DM/4/116 | Copy of letter from Sir Joseph Banks | 18 March 1796 |
| DM/4/17 | Copy of letter from Charles Blagden to Comte de Cassini | 18 May 1787 |
| IM/000401 | Blagden, Sir Charles | nd |
| IM/000400 | Blagden, Sir Charles | nd |
| L&P/10/58 | Paper, 'Specimen of a meteorological chart' by G Smith, sent to Sir Charles Blagden | 1 January 1793 |
| MS/821 | Additional papers of Charles Blagden | 18th Century-19th Century |
| PT/7/14 | Paper, 'An appendix to Mr Ware's paper on vision' by Sir C [Charles] Blagden | [1813] |
| L&P/8/61/1 | Letter, 'On the remarkable appearance of the polar regions of Mars and inclination of its axis' from William Herschel to Charles Blagden | 1 December 1783 |
| CB | Papers of Sir Charles Blagden | 1771-1820 |
| L&P/8/172/1 | Letter, 'Of cliff-sinkings at Folkestone' from Edward King and J Lyon to Charles Blagden | 24 November 1785 |
| L&P/9/60 | Paper, 'Some observations on ancient inks, with the proposal of a new method of recovering the legibility of decayed writings' by Charles Blagden | 1787 |
| L&P/8/85 | Letter, 'On litmus, red cabbage and other test liquors' from James Watt to Charles Blagden | 29 May 1784 |
| L&P/7/239 | Paper, 'Of the failure of eight pointed conductors to prevent the poor-house at Heckingham, Norfolk' by Charles Blagden and Edward Nairne | 1782 |
| L&P/9/9 | Letter, 'Remarks on the new comet' from William Herschel to Charles Blagden | 15 November 1786 |
| L&P/9/19 | Letter, 'Appendix to the description of a new electrometer ' from Abraham Bennet to Charles Blagden | 18 December 1786 |
| L&P/10/48 | Letter, 'Account of the tides at Naples' from Charles Blagden to Joseph Banks | 30 March 1793 |
| L&P/9/8/1 | Letter, 'Account of a new comet' from Caroline Herschel to Charles Blagden | 2 August 1786 |