| Authorised form of name | Pitt; Robert (1653 - ? 1713); physician |
| Dates | 1653 - ? 1713 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Blandford Forum, Dorset, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | 1653 |
| Place of death | Hatton Garden, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
| Date of death | 13 January 1713 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
Wadham College, Oxford (BA 1672; MA 1675; BMed 1678; DMed 1682)
Career:
Fellow of Wadham (1674); Professor of Anatomy, Oxford; moved to London (1684); Physician, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London (1697-1707)
Memberships:
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1687) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/12/1682 |
| Proposer | Sir Christopher Wren |
| Robert Plot |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council 1687-1688, 1692, 1695 |
| Other Royal Society activity | Had two papers on natural history and medicine published in 'Philosophical Transactions' (1690s);
Occasional correspondent to the Society |
| Relationships | Parents: Robert Pitt
Married: Martha Nourse |
| PublishedWorks | RCN: R82296
RCN: 59122 |
| OtherInfo | One of his publications, 'The Craft and Frauds of Physick exposed' (1702), tied in with the controversy regarding the establishment of a dispensary by the College of Physicians in 1696. In his work, Pitt criticised the disparity in prices of some remedies and condemned the use of commonly used therapeutic agents, e.g. bezoar. In a later edition, he added an attack on apothecaries who he accused of pretending to be medical practitioners and making a profit of it. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hunter; Foster; ODNB
Notes:
DNB gives death date as 13 Jan 1712-3, whereas index to BR gives 13 Jan 1711/12; Hunter gives 1713 and says that he had withdrawn in 1707 and had been admitted 8 Apr 1685. LI has a Robert Pitt, gent, arm, admitted 1705 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/26104774 |
| Code | NA1799 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RBO/7/106 | 'Historia Lumbaginis Rheumaticae convulsiva' by Robert Pitt | nd |
| LBO/8/115 | Copy letter from Robert Pitt to Robert Plot [Plott] | 1682 |
| CLP/11i/28 | Paper, 'Of oils' by Dr [Robert] Pitt | [1684] |
| CLP/14i/36 | Paper, 'Historia lumbaginis rheumatiae convulsivae' by Roberto [Robert] Pitt | [1693] |