| 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 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Notes:
Proposed by Sir Hans Sloane. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/286211863 |
| Code | NA7756 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/B2/70 | Letter, from Patrick Blair to Hans Sloane, dated at Boston | 31 December 1721 |
| RBO/9/72 | 'The Anatomy of the Seal and Porpess' by Patrick Blair in a letter to Hans Sloane | 1708 |
| CLP/10i/43 | Paper, 'Method of finding the vertues of plants by their structure' by Dr [Patrick] Blair | [1719] |
| EL/B2/68 | Letter, from Patrick Blair [to the Royal Society], dated at Coupar Angus | 31 March 1712 |
| EL/B2/73 | Letter, from Patrick Blair to James Jurin, dated at Boston | 9 May 1726 |
| EL/B2/74 | Letter, from Patrick Blair to Hans Sloane, dated at Boston | 12 April 1727 |
| EL/B2/71 | Letter, from Patrick Blair to Hans Sloane, dated at Boston | 15 November 1725 |
| EL/B2/72 | Letter, from Patrick Blair to James Jurin | February 1725 |
| EL/B2/69 | Letter, from Patrick Blair to Hans Sloane, dated at Boston | 30 November 1721 |