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Authorised form of nameMoulin; Allen (c1653 - 1690); physician and anatomist
Other forms of nameAllan
Other forms of surnameMolines
Mullen
Mullan
Datesc1653 - 1690
NationalityBritish
Place of birthIreland, Europe
Date of birthc. 1653
Place of deathBarbados, West Indies, North and Central America
Date of death1690
OccupationPhysician
Research fieldAnatomy
ActivityEducation:
Trinity College, Dublin (BA 1676; MA 1684)
Career:
Practised in Dublin; after a discreditable love affair, went to London (1686) and then to the West Indies (1690)
Memberships:
Dublin Philosophical Society; Fellow of the Irish College of Physicians
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election18/07/1683
ProposerRobert Boyle
Other Royal Society activityHad medical papers published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' (1680s-1690s)
OtherInfoWhile he was practising in Dublin, Moulin could count well-known figures such as Sir William Tichborne or Sir Theophilus Jones amongst his patients. One of his earlier publications was an anatomical account of a circus elephant, which died in a fire in Dublin in 1681. Later in London, Moulin worked together with Robert Boyle (FRS 1663) on experiments with mercury. He was a very active member of the Dublin Philosophical Society, contributing a majority of the medical papers on experiments and dissections. He also designed a laboratory for them. He travelled to the West Indies with colonial governor William O'Brien in 1689, hoping to make a profit through mineralogy. However, he died shortly after in 1690 due to the effects of intoxication.
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SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hoppen; DIB
References:
Hoppen, K T. 1965. 'The Royal Society and Ireland. II', in Notes and Records, vol. 20, pp. 78-99
Morris, G C R. 1965. 'On the Identity of Jaques du Moulin, FRS 1667', in Notes and Records, vol. 45, pp.1-10
Notes:
Altnames from DNB and Hunter.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/233165469
CodeNA3031
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/390/81Bond of Allen Mullin [Moulin] to the Treasurer of the Royal Society25 July 1683
RBO/7/40'Anatomicall Observations in the heads of several fowle made at severall tymes by the late Allen Moulin'1688
RBO/7/22'An Account of an Experiment of the injection of Mercury into the blood, and its ill effects on the lungs by A Moulin'4 April 1688
RB/3/4/46Allen Mullen [Moulin] to Boyle26 February 1686
RB/3/7/35Allen Mullen [Moulin] to Boyle2 December 1682
CLP/14i/34Paper, regarding why mercury is bad for the lungs by [Allen] Moulin[1688]
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