| Authorised form of name | Heaviside; John (1748 - 1828) |
| Dates | 1748 - 1828 |
| Place of birth | Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England |
| Date of birth | 1748 |
| Place of death | Hampstead, London |
| Date of death | 19 September 1828 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
The family vault, Hatfield Church, Hatfield, Hertfordshire |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Activity | Education:
Apprentice of Mr Dance, apothecary of Barnet; pupil to Percival Pott FRS (for 4 years); diploma (1771, Surgeon's Hall)
Career:
His father bought him a Surgeon's commission in the 1st Troop (Horse), Grenedier Guards (1771); retired on the reduction of the regiment (1788); practised in London; inherited a large fortune on his father's death (1787) and bought a house, to which he attached a museum of anatomical and pathological preparations; Surgeon extraordinary to George III (1790); taken into custody after getting mixed up in a duel (1803), but discharged; Emma, Lady Hamilton was a patient of his
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 14/12/1797 |
| Relationships | Son of John Heaviside, Surgeon, and his wife Mary Elliott; married ca 1780 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll |
| Code | NA7294 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/002019 | Heaviside, John | nd |
| IM/002018 | Heaviside, John | nd |
| NLB/14/793 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 21 May 1897 |
| EC/1797/16 | Heaviside, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |