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Authorised form of nameParkes; Edmund Alexander (1819 - 1876)
Dates1819 - 1876
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBloxham, Oxfordshire, England
Date of birth29 March 1819
Place of deathHis residence, Sydney Cottage, Bittern, near Southampton, Hampshire
Date of death15 March 1876
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Solihull, near Birmingham, Warwickshire
OccupationPhysician; Surgeon
Research fieldHygiene
ActivityEducation:
Christ's Hospital; University College Hospital, London. MB (1841) MD (1846, London)
Career:
Assistant Surgeon, 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment, in India (1842-1845); retired from the army, returned to London and practised in Upper Seymour Street, then in Harley Street; Professor of Clinical Medicine, University College Hospital, London (1849); Superintendent of the British Army Hospital at Renkioi, Dardanelles (1855); Professor of Hygiene, Army Medical School, Fort Pitt, Chatham (1860); Examiner in Medicine for the Army and Indian Medical Service; published 'Manual of Practical Hygiene' (1864); Physician, University College Hospital, London; died of tuberculosis
Memberships:
MRCS (1840); FRCP
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/06/1861
RelationshipsHis mother was a niece of Josiah Wedgwood (FRS 1783)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/35197888
CodeNA6029
Archives associated with this Fellow
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M/194Parkes, Edmund Alexander
RR/6/247Referee's report by Edmund Alexander Parkes, on a paper 'On the temperature of the human body in health' by Sydney Ringer and the late Andrew Patrick Stuart10 April 1869
RR/7/368Referee's report by Edmund Alexander Parkes, on a paper 'Supplementary note on the theory of ventilation' by Francois de Chaumont16 January 1875
RR/7/171Memorandum by Edmund Alexander Parkes, on a paper 'On the specific heat and other physical characters of mixtures of methylic alcohol and water, and on certain relations existing between the specific heat of a mixture or solution and the heat evolved or absorbed in their formation' by August Dupre1872
EC/1861/10Parkes, Edmund Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/9/340Letter from Wm [William] Webb, Army Medical Department Library, Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, Southampton, to Dr [Edmund Alexander] Parkes11 March 1872
MC/10/32Letter from E A [Edmund Alexander] Parkes, Sydney Cottage, Bitterne, Southampton, to the Royal Society31 October 1873
MC/9Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1870-June 1873
MC/10/33Letter from E A [Edmund Alexander] Parkes, Sydney Cottage, Bitterne, Southampton, to the Secretary of the Royal Society2 November 1873
MC/10/34Letter from E A [Edmund Alexander] Parkes, Sydney Cottage, Bitterne, Southampton, to the Royal Society2 November 1873
MC/10/366Letter from F [Francois] de Chaumont, Fort Pitt House, Rochester, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society12 March 1876
MC/10/370Letter from F [Francois] de Chaumont, Fort Pitt House, Rochester, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society16 March 1876
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
AP/45/1/1Unpublished manuscript, 'The effect of temperature on the secretion of urea as observed on a voyage to China and at Hong Kong' by Emil Becher1863
AP/45/1Unpublished paper, 'The effect of temperature on the secretion of urea as observed on a voyage to China and at Hong Kong' by Emil Becher1863
RR/4/238Referee's report by Edmund Alexander Parkes, on a paper 'On the elimination of urea and urinary water, in relation to the period of the day, season, exertion, food, prison discipline, weight of body, and other influences acting in the cycle of the year' by Edward Smith25 June 1861
RR/6/248Detailed referee's report by Edmund Alexander Parkes, on a paper 'On the temperature of the human body in health' by Sydney Ringer and the late Andrew Patrick Stuartnd [1869]
RR/7/170Referee's report by Edmund Alexander Parkes, on a paper 'On the specific heat and other physical characters of mixtures of methylic alcohol and water, and on certain relations existing between the specific heat of a mixture or solution and the heat evolved or absorbed in their formation' by August Dupre24 February 1872
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