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Authorised form of nameBirch; Andrew (c1652 - c1691); physician
Other forms of nameAndreas
Datesc1652 - c1691
NationalityBritish
Date of birthc. 1652
Place of deathc. 1691
OccupationPhysician
ActivityEducation:
Manchester Grammar School; Emmanuel College, Cambridge (admitted 1667); Leyden (MD 1674)
Career:
Practised in Manchester
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election27/11/1673
ProposerSir Theodore de Vaux
Other Royal Society activityProposed on 20 November 1673;
Admitted on 1 December 1673;
Briefly corresponded with the Society on possible improvements to its wellbeing (1674)
RelationshipsParents: Thomas Birch
Additional relatives: uncle Sir Peter Brooks
OtherInfoBirch wrote his MD dissertation on scurvy and dedicated it to his family as well as his proposer Theodore de Vaux (FRS 1665). Unfortunately, little else is known about his personal life or his medical practice in Manchester.
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; Venn; Innes Smith
Notes:
Venn has year of birth as 1649. Innes Smith has year of death as prior to 1694.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/285050838
CodeNA511
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MM/4/72Letter from [Andrew Birch] to the Royal Society 19 October 1674
MS/390/5Bond of Andrew Birch to the Treasurer of the Royal Society28 January 1674
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