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Authorised form of nameSmyth; George (c1629 - 1702); physician
Other forms of surnameSmith
Datesc1629 - 1702
NationalityBritish
Place of birthNorth Nibley, Gloucestershire, England, Europe
Date of birthc1629
Place of deathTopcroft Hall, Norfolk, England, Europe
Date of death15 August 1702
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Topcroft church, Norfolk, England, Europe
OccupationPhysician
ActivityEducation:
Queen's College, Oxford; BA (1650); Incorporated at Cambridge (1652); Padua; MD (1658); Incorporated at Oxford (1661); King's College, Cambridge; MA (1678)
Memberships:
Candidate of the Royal College of Physicians (1661)
Membership categoryOriginal Fellow
Date of election20/05/1663
ProposerJohn Wilkins
Date of ejection or withdrawal22 July 1685 (due to non-payment of arrears)
RSActivityCommittee and panels:
Committee for Agriculture [Georgical] (1664) ; Anatomical Committee (1664)
Other Royal Society activityInvolved in observations on cider production (1663)
RelationshipsParents: John Smith (steward to the Earls of Berkeley)
Siblings: possibly Edward Smith (FRS 1664)
Married: 1) Mary Offley; 2) Anne Hoste (née Chilcott)
Children: Offley Smith
OtherInfoLittle is known about George Smyth's medical practice and personal life, although it is clear that he was a well-travelled and highly educated physician.
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Foster; Munk
Notes:
The election date is Smyth's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously elected on 19 November 1662.
See Munk (I, 305). Foster states that he matriculated Queen's College, Oxford 7/03/1646/7 aged 17.
CodeNA7616
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/390/46Bond of George Smith to the Treasurer of the Royal Society30 November 1674
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