| Authorised form of name | Blane; Sir; Gilbert (1749 - 1834) |
| Dates | 1749 - 1834 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Blanefield, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 27 August 1749 |
| Place of death | His house in Sackville Street |
| Date of death | 27 June 1834 |
| Activity | Education:
MD (1778, Glasgow)
Career:
Physician to the Fleet (1779-1783); Physician, St Thomas' Hospital (1783-1795); Physician Extraordinary to the Prince of Wales (1785); Physician in Ordinary to the King (George IV and William IV)
Honours:
Bt 1812
Memberships:
LCP
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 23/12/1784 |
| Royal Society activity | Lectures:
Croonian 1788 |
| Relationships | Elder brother of William Blane (FRS 1795) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Authority:
Date of birth from Munk's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1834-1835 No 18 pp 303-304
References:
Garland Cannon, 'Sir William Jones, Sir Joseph Banks, and the Royal Society' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 205-230
W P Griffith and P J T Morris, 'Charles Hatchett FRS (1765 - 1847), chemist and discoverer of niobium' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 299 - 316
Notes:
DNB gives date of death as 26 June 1834. |
| Royal Society code | NA8133 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1782/06 | Blane, Sir Gilbert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/9/163/1 | Paper, 'An account of the Nardus Indica or spikenard' by Gilbert Blane | 1760 |
| L&P/7/189 | Letter, 'Of a hurricane at Barbadoes' from Gilbert Blane to John Hunter | 22 December 1780 |
| L&P/9/163/2 | Plate, 'Nardus Indica' by Gilbert Blane | 1790 |
| L&P/9/103 | Paper, 'Muscular motion [Croonian Lecture]' by Gilbert Blane | 1788 |
| L&P/9/48 | Letter, 'Some particulars relative to the production of Borax' from William Blane to Gilbert Blane | 1787 |
| L&P/9/163 | Paper, 'An account of the Nardus Indica or spikenard' by Gilbert Blane | 1790 |
| EC/1784/11 | Blane, Sir Gilbert: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| HS/4/159 | Letter, from Gilbert Blane, to [Alexander Copland] Hutchison, dated at Sackville St. | 28 February 1830 |