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Authorised form of namePitcairn; David (1749 - 1809)
Dates1749 - 1809
NationalityBritish
Place of birthFife, Scotland
Date of birth01 May 1749
Place of deathCraig's Court, Charing Cross, London
Date of death17 April 1809
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Family vault in church of St Bartholomew the Less, without the walls of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
OccupationPhysician
ActivityEducation:
MB (1779) MD (1784) Christ's College, Cambridge
Career:
Physician, St Bartholomew's Hospital (1780)
Memberships:
FCP (1785)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/04/1782
RelationshipsSon of Major Pitcairn who was killed at Bunker's Hill; brother of Robert Pitcairn, the midshipman who first sighted Pitcairn Island (02 July 1767), which was named after him; nephew of William Pitcairn FRS (1770)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA7196
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1782/01Pitcairn, David: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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