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Authorised form of nameScott; John Corse (fl 1779 - 1800)
Datesfl 1779 - 1800
OccupationSurgeon
ActivityEducation:
Received certificate of the Corporation of Surgeons (1783)
Career:
Hospital mate of HM South Fencible Regiment (1779-1783) and Ensign (1781-1783); Assistant Surgeon, HEIC Bengal service (1783) and Surgeon (1796); retired from HEIC (1800);
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election16/01/1800
RelationshipsMarried Catherine Scott of the Scotts of Synton, County Selkirk, and adopted Scott as his surname in accordance with a settlement made by his wife's grandmother
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
CodeNA3028
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1799/12Scott, John Corse: certificate of election to the Royal Society
L&P/11/100/1Paper, 'Observations on the different species of Asiatic elephants and their mode of dentition' by John Corse1799
L&P/11/86Paper, 'Observations on the manners, habits and natural history of the elephant' by John Corse1798
L&P/11/100Paper, 'Observations on the different species of Asiatic elephants and their mode of dentition' by John Corse1799
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