| Authorised form of name | Hosack; David (1769 - 1835) |
| Dates | 1769 - 1835 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | 44 Frankfurt Street, New York, New York |
| Date of birth | 31 August 1769 |
| Place of death | New York, New York, USA |
| Date of death | 22 December 1835 |
| Occupation | Botanist; Surgeon |
| Research field | Botany |
| Medicine |
| Activity | Education:
Columbia College; Princeton University. BA, MD (1791, Pennsylvania)
Career:
Came to Britain; became friendly with Sir James Edward Smith (FRS 1785); took a large collection of minerals when he returned to America; Professor of Botany, Columbia (1795); Professor of Materia Medica, Columbia (1797); founded the Elgin Botanic Garden in 4 acres of land bought from the city of New York (1801); garden was purchased by the State (1810); Hosackia in botany is named after him; had a large medical practice in New York; Professor of Surgery and Midwifery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (1807-1826); died of apoplexy caused by exposure to extreme cold; his widow bequeathed $70,000 for the main hall of the New York Academy of Medicine
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 23/05/1816 |
| Relationships | Eldest son of Alexander Hosack originally of Elgin, Scotland, and his wife Jane, daughter of Francis Arden of New York |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DAB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1836 No 27 p 437 |
| Code | NA7454 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1816/04 | Hosack, David: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/10/82/2 | Plate, 'Rays which fall upon the lenses' by David Hosack | 1794 |
| L&P/10/82/1 | Paper, 'Observations on vision' by David Hosack | 1794 |
| L&P/10/82 | Paper, 'Observations on vision' by David Hosack | 1793 |