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Authorised form of nameDuncan; James Matthews (1826 - 1890)
Other forms of nameJames
Dates1826 - 1890
NationalityBritish
Place of birthAberdeen, Scotland
Date of birthApril 1826
Place of deathBaden-Baden, Germany
Date of death01 September 1890
OccupationObstetrician; Physician
ActivityEducation:
Marischall College, Aberdeen. MA (1843), MD (1846); LLD (Edin)
Career:
Assistant to Sir James Simpson, working on experiments on anaesthesia; practised as an Obsterician, Edinburgh; Lecturer in Midwifery, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London (1877); died of angina pectoris
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1883
RelationshipsSon of William Duncan, merchant of Aberdeen; married; 13 children; changed his name from James Duncan to avoid confusion with James Duncan MD (1834, Edinburgh), Physician
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Royal Society codeNA2889
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1883/05Duncan, James Matthews: certificate of election to the Royal Society
HS/6/513Letter, from James Duncan to Sir John Herschel, dated at Denholm near Hawick27 June 1859
HS/6/512Letter, from James Duncan to Sir John Herschel, dated at Denholm near Hawick15 June 1859
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