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Authorised form of nameMacartney; James (1770 - 1843)
Dates1770 - 1843
Place of birthArmagh, Ireland
Date of birth08 March 1770
Place of death31 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin, Ireland
Date of death06 March 1843
OccupationSurgeon
Research fieldAnatomy
ActivityEducation:
Dublin; Hunterian School of Anatomy, London (1796); MD (1811, St Andrew's University); Hon. MD (1833, Cambridge University)
Career:
Demonstrator of Anatomy, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London (1798); Lecturer in Comparative Anatomy, St Bartholomew's Hospital (1800-1811); Professor of Anatomy and Surgery, University of Dublin (1813-1837); wrote 'Observations on the curvature of the spine' (1817) and 'A treatise on inflammation' (1838)
Memberships:
MCS (1800)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election21/02/1811
RelationshipsSon of Alexander Macartney, farmer
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/84813003
84813003
CodeNA3258
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1810/16Macartney, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PT/13/22Paper, 'An account of a membrane in the eye now first described' by Arthur Jacob[1819]
PT/4/15Paper, 'Observations upon luminous animals' by James Macartney[1810]
AP/3/4/3Unpublished drawings, portions of human lung and New Holland ostrich lung by unknown artist[early 19th century]
AP/3/4/1Unpublished manuscript, 'Experiments and observations upon vital temperatures' by James Macartney[early 19th century]
AP/3/4/2Unpublished drawing, lung of the African ostrich by unknown artist[early 19th century]
AP/3/4/4Unpublished drawing, laminae of gills of common eel by unknown artist[early 19th century]
AP/11/10aUnpublished paper, 'On the anatomy of certain parts of the globe of the eye' by Arthur Jacob[1822]
AP/3/4Unpublished paper, 'Experiments and observations upon vital temperatures' by James Macartney[early 19th century]
AP/11/10Unpublished paper, 'On the structure of the iris and membrana pupillaris' by Arthur Jacob[1822]
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