| Authorised form of name | Tyson; Edward (1651 - 1708); physician and anatomist |
| Dates | 1651 - 1708 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Clevedon, Somerset, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | 1651 |
| Place of death | London, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
| Date of death | 1 August 1708 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
St Dionis Backchurch, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Comparative anatomy |
| Medicine |
| Activity | Education:
Magdalen Hall, Oxford (BA 1671; MA 1673); Incorporated at Cambridge (1680); Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (MD 1681)
Career:
Professor of Physic, Gresham College, London; Physician, Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals; lectured on anatomy to the Barber Surgeons
Memberships:
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1683); Oxford Philosophical Society |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 01/12/1679 |
| Proposer | Robert Hooke |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1681, 1683, 1685, 1687-1688, 1690, 1692, 1694, 1696, 1698; Vice-President 1703-1704, 1704-?; Anatomy Curator (1683) |
| Other Royal Society activity | Had multiple papers on natural history and pathology published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' (1680-);
Performed dissections and experiments as the Society's anatomy curator (1683);
Contributed descriptions to Francis Willughby's (FRS 1665) 'De historia piscium' (1686) |
| Relationships | Parents: Edward Tyson and Margaret Foley
Children: Richard Tyson |
| PublishedWorks | RCN: R64943
RCN: R64942
RCN: R66681 |
| OtherInfo | Tyson studied anatomy and natural history with Robert Plot (FRS 1677) and also showed an interest in botany. His first published work 'On the scent-bags in poll-cats' is contained in Plot's work on the 'Natural History of Oxfordshire' (1677). Through the physician Richard Morton, Tyson also became acquainted with Robert Hooke (FRS 1663). His published works particularly highlight his interest in comparative anatomy. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Venn; Hunter; Foster; Gunther; ODNB
References:
Andrews, J. 1990. 'A Respectable Mad-Doctor? Dr Richard Hale, FRS (1670-1728), in Notes and Records, vol. 44, pp. 169-203
Fontes da Costa, P. 2002. 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', in Notes and Records, vol. 56, pp. 147-166
Notes:
DSB gives birthdate as 20/01/1650 or 1651 and place of birth as Bristol. ODNB has Richard Tyson as his nephew, not son. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/15117589 |
| Code | NA7032 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| LBO/13/25 | A copy letter from John Wallis. Oxford, to EdwardTyson | 3 February 1699/1700 |
| LBO/13/27 | Copy letter from John Wallis, Oxford, to Edward Tyson | 23 January 1701 |
| MS/390/76 | Bond of Edward Tyson to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 10 January 1682 |
| CLP/12i/31/1 | Manuscript, 'Lumbricus hydropicus or an essay to prove that hydatides often mett with in morbid animal bodys are a species of wormes or imperfect animals' by Edward Tyson | [1687] |
| RBO/7/14 | Observations of the dissection of Mr Smith of Highgate on 8 July 1687 by Edmond Tyson | 13 July 1687 |
| DM/5/100 | A list of benefactors to the Library, to the value of £5 or upwards at one time | c.1737 |
| CLP/12i/49 | Paper, 'An observation of one hemisphere of the braine sphacelated: and of a stone found in the substance of the braine itsself [sic]' by Edward Tyson | 12 December 1688 |
| CLP/12i/30 | Paper, 'Observations of what did praeternaturally occour in the opening of Mr Smith of Highgate on July 8th 1687' by Edward Tyson | [1687] |
| CLP/12i/31/2 | Plate, microscopic views of hydatid by unknown artist | [1687] |
| CLP/13/7 | Paper, 'An observation of an infant, where the braine was depressed into the hollow of the vertebrae of the neck' by Dr Edward Tyson | [1697] |
| CLP/12i/31 | Paper, 'Lumbricus hydropicus or an essay to prove that hydatides often mett with in morbid animal bodys are a species of wormes or imperfect animals' by Edward Tyson | [1687] |
| CLP/12i/64 | Paper, 'An observation of a tumour on the neck full of hydatides' by Anthony Hewnden | [1706] |
| EL/A/50 | Letter, from Archibald Adams to Edward Tyson, Lymestreet, London, dated at Norwich | 18 December 1706 |
| EL/E/10 | Extract of a letter, from Revered Charles Ellis to Edward Tyson | 14 July 1699 |
| EL/W2/68 | Letter, from John Wallis to Edward Tyson | 1700 |
| EL/Y/2 | Letter, from James Yonge to Dr [Edward] Tyson, dated at Plymouth | 6 September 1702 |
| RBO/7/62 | Observations of the brain by Edward Tyson | nd |
| RBO/8/43 | 'A Relation of two monstrous pigs with the resemblance of humane faces and Two young Turkeys joined by the breast' by Sir John Floyer communicated by Edward Tyson | 1699 |
| CLP/15i/60 | Paper, 'A relation of two monstrous pigs, with the resemblance of humane faces, and two young turkeys joined by the breast' by Sir John Floyer | November 1699 |