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Authorised form of nameAkenside; Mark (1721 - 1770)
Dates1721 - 1770
NationalityBritish
Place of birthNewcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Date of birth09 November 1721
Place of deathLondon
Date of death23 June 1770
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
St James's church, London
OccupationPhysician; Poet
ActivityEducation:
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle
Career:
Physician, St Thomas's Hospital, London (1751-1770)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election08/02/1753
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA7861
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1752/26Akenside, Mark: certificate of election to the Royal Society
L&P/2/440Paper, 'An account on the preservation of corn by Henri Louis Duhamel de Monceau' by Mark Akenside1753
L&P/3/264Paper, 'Of the origin and uses of the lymphatic vessels. Extracts from the Gulstonian lectures of 1755' by Mark Akenside1757
IM/000058Akenside, Marknd
EC/1752/27Akenside, Mark: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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