| Authorised form of name | Blair; Patrick (fl 1706 - 1728); physician and botanist |
| Dates | fl 1706 - 1728 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Dundee, Angus, Scotland |
| Place of death | May have died in 1728, by which time had reached letter H in his Pharmaco-Botanologia. |
| Date of death | ? 1728 |
| Occupation | Apothecary; Surgeon |
| Research field | Botany; biology; medicine |
| Activity | Education:
Aberdeen. Hon MD (1712)
Career:
Practised in Dundee; a Nonjuror and a Jacobite, he was imprisoned (1715) and sentenced to death (1716), however he was pardoned after Sir Hans Sloane (FRS 1685), Richard Mead (FRS 1703) and others pleaded with the authorities on his behalf; moved to London and then to Boston
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 01/12/1712 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Notes:
Proposed by Sir Hans Sloane. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/286211863 |
| Royal Society code | NA7756 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EL/B2/68 | Letter from Patrick Blair, dated at Coupar Angus, near Dundee | 31 March 1712 |
| EL/B2/71 | Patrick Blair, dated at Boston, to Hans Sloane | 15 November 1725 |
| EL/B2/72 | Patrick Blair to James Jurin | February 1725 |
| EL/B2/69 | Patrick Blair, dated at Boston, to Hans Sloane | 30 November 1721 |
| CLP/10i/43 | Paper, 'Method of finding the vertues of plants by their structure' by Dr [Patrick] Blair | [1719] |
| EL/B2/73 | Patrick Blair, dated at Boston, to James Jurin | 9 May 1726 |
| EL/B2/74 | Patrick Blair, dated at Boston, to Hans Sloane | 12 April 1727 |
| EL/B2/70 | Patrick Blair, dated at Boston, to Hans Sloane | 31 December 1721 |
| RBO/9/72 | 'The Anatomy of the Seal and Porpess' by Patrick Blair in a letter to Hans Sloane | 1708 |