| Authorised form of name | Lind; James (1736 - 1812); physician |
| Dates | 1736 - 1812 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Scotland |
| Date of birth | 17 May 1736 |
| Place of death | The house of his son-in-law, William Burnie, Russell Square, London |
| Date of death | 17 October 1812 |
| Activity | Education:
MD (1768, Edinburgh)
Career:
Accompanied Sir Joseph Banks to Iceland (1772); Physician to the Royal Household (from about 1777); mentor of Percy Bysshe Shelley while the latter was at Eton & thus possibly the inspiration for Mary Shelley's Victor Frankenstein
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/12/1777 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Christopher Goulding, 'The real Doctor Frankenstein?', J R Soc Med 2002 95, pp257-9
Marta Cavazza, 'The Institute of Science of Bologna and the Royal Society in the eighteenth century' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 3-25, plate
D G King-Hele, 'Shelley and Science' in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 253-265
Averil M Lysaght, 'Joseph Banks at Skara Brae and Stennis, Orkney, 1772' in NR 1973-4 vol 28 pp 221-234
Andy Coghlin 'Dead man walking' in New Scientist 4 May 2002
Journal of Royal Society of Medicine, Vol 95 p 257
Notes:
NOT James Lind (1716-1794) who wrote about the diseases of seamen |
| Code | NA6671 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MM/3/20 | Letter from C Mitchell, East India Company, London, to the Royal Society | 19 November 1778 |
| MM/3/19 | Letter from the Royal Society to the Directors of the East India Company | 17 November 1778 |
| L&P/4/111 | Paper, 'Of distilling fresh from sea water; attempy to use solar heat by means of a concave speculum' by John Robertson and James Lind | 26 April 1762 |
| L&P/6/116 | Paper, 'On the wind-gauge' by James Lind | 26 May 1775 |
| L&P/6/116/2 | Plate, 'Wind gauge' by James Lind | 1775 |
| EC/1777/17 | Lind, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |