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Authorised form of nameClarke; Timothy (- 1672); physician
Dates - 1672
NationalityBritish
Place of deathSt Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England, Europe
Date of death11 February 1672
OccupationPhysician
Research fieldAnatomy
ActivityEducation:
Balliol College, Oxford (DM 1652); Incorporated at Cambridge (MD 1668)
Career:
Performed anatomical dissections before King Charles II; Physician-in-ordinary to the Royal household (1660); Physician to Charles II (1667)
Memberships:
Fellow of the College of Physicians (1664)
Membership categoryOriginal Fellow
Date of election22/04/1663
Royal Society activityRoyal Society roles:
Council: 1663-1664; 1666; 1668; 1670; Sworn in on 27 December 1666 and again on 11 May 1671.
Committee and panels:
Committee for auditing the accounts of the Treasurer (1669)
RelationshipsMarried: Frances Clarke
General contextClarke's early education was likely shaped by the Civil War, although it is unclear whether he faced expulsion at Balliol College during the time of the parliamentary visitation in 1648 due to his refusal to submit. His proximity to Charles II as a physician afforded him some renown in the field of anatomy, although he did not live long enough to complete his work on his own anatomical investigations intended for publication.
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SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Munk's Roll; Venn; Foster; ODNB
Notes:
The election date is Clarke's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously mentioned as a member on 16 January 1661.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/76539783
Royal Society codeNA4332
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EL/S1/104Letter, from John Smith to Timothy Clarknd
MS/366/1/2The artifice of alum by Timothy Clarke9 April 1668
DM/5/73B'Desiderata to Dr Clarke'c.1660s
CLP/12i/25Paper, 'Answer to the advice of cutting for the stone' by Dr Clerk [Timothy Clarke?][1670s]
EL/S1/102Letter, from J Schmiedt [Johannes Fabricius] to Timothy Clark, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)9 June 1668
CLP/10i/2Paper, 'Observations on the humble and sensible plants in Mr Chiffin's garden in St James his parke' by Dr Clarke9 August 1661
EL/I1/162Letter, from Dr [Nathaniel] Johnston to Timothy Clarke29 June 1669
EL/C1/41Letter, from Timothy Clarke to Henry Oldenburg20 December 1668
EL/D1/15Account of the birth of Siamese twins by William Durston to Timothy Clark[e], dated at PlymouthOctober 1670
CLP/12i/3Paper, 'A relation of a woman, voiding the bones of a child out of the side of her belly' by Dr Clerk [Timothy Clarke?]15 July 1663
EL/C1/42Letter, from Timothy Clarke to Henry Oldenburg10 May 1669
EL/F1/52Letter, from Johannes Fabricius to Timothy Clarke8 August 1669
RBO/1/18'Observations on the humble and Sensible Plants in Mr Chiffins Garden in St James's Parke Made August the 9th 1661 Present The Lord Brouncker, Sir Robert Moray, Dr Wilkins, Mr Evelin, Dr Goddard, Dr Henshaw and Dr Clarke Brought in by Dr Clarke'28 September 1661
EL/C1/40Copy of a letter, from Timothy Clarke to Johannes Fabricius, dated at London27 February 1667
EL/C1/43Letter, from Timothy Clarke to Henry Oldenburg, dated at London20 December 1669
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