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Authorised form of nameSims; John (1749 - 1831)
Dates1749 - 1831
NationalityBritish
Place of birthCanterbury, Kent, England
Date of birth1749
Place of deathDorking, Surrey
Date of death26 February 1831
OccupationPhysician
Research fieldBotany
ActivityEducation:
Edinburgh University. MD (1774)
Career:
Settled in London; Physician, Surrey Dispensary; Physician, 'Charity for delivering women at their own houses'; edited the 'Botanical Magazine' for many years
Memberships:
LCP (1779); FLS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election10/03/1814
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1830-1831 No 7 p 84
Notes:
'Saml Carlisle' is Samuel Goodenough, Bishop of Carlisle
CodeNA3382
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/004209Sims, John1817
EC/1813/14Sims, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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