Authorised form of name | Murchison; Charles (1830 - 1879) |
Dates | 1830 - 1879 |
Place of birth | Jamaica, West Indies |
Date of birth | 26 July 1830 |
Place of death | His home, 79 Wimpole Street, London |
Date of death | 23 April 1879 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Norwood cemetery, London |
Occupation | Physician |
Activity | Education: Aberdeen University; Edinburgh University. MD (1851, Edinburgh) Career: Physician to the British Embassy, Turin; Assistant Surgeon in the service of the HEIC and went to India (1853); Professor of Chemistry, Bengal Medical College; returned to London (1855); Senior Physician, London Fever Hospital (1861); Physician, St Thomas's Hospital, London (1871-1879); died suddenly Memberships: LRCPE; MRCP (1855); FRCP (1859); Pathological Society (President 1877)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 07/06/1866 |
Relationships | Son of a doctor who left Jamaica and settled in Elgin |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1879 vol 29 pp xxiii-xxv Notes: James Paget has signed the election certificate twice |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/34851912 |
Code | NA7932 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
IM/003214 | Murchison, Charles | 1875 |
CMP/1/1 | Minutes of a meeting of Council of the Royal Society | 1 December 1832 |
EC/1866/08 | Murchison, Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
MC/7/338 | Letter from Charles Murchison, 79 Wimpole Street, London, to Dr [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society | 6 June 1866 |
MC/7/359 | Letter from [Charles] Murchison, 79 Wimpole Street, London, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 6 October 1866 |
MC/7 | Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1864-1866 |