| Authorised form of name | Crichton; Sir; Alexander (1763 - 1856) |
| Dates | 1763 - 1856 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh |
| Date of birth | 02 December 1763 |
| Place of death | The Grove, near Sevenoaks, Kent |
| Date of death | 04 June 1856 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Norwood cemetery, Surrey |
| Occupation | Physician; Surgeon |
| Activity | Education:
MD (1785, Leyden); LCP (1791
Career:
Apprenticed to a surgeon in Edinburgh; lived in the house of Meckel, the anatomist, whilst studying in Halle; Physician, Westminster Hospital (1794); Physician to the Duke of Cambridge; Physician to Tzar Alexander I of Russia (1804); returned to England (1819)
Honours:
Kt 1821
Memberships:
Corporation of Surgeons, but was disenfranchised
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 08/05/1800 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1856-1857 vol 8 pp 269-272
References:
John H Appleby, 'Sir Alexander Crichton, FRS (1763-1856), Imperial Russian Physician at Large' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 219-230, plate
E M Tansey, 'The Life and Works of Sir Alexander Crichton, FRS (1763-1856): A Scottish Physician to the Imperial Russian Court' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 241-259
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 307-332 |
| Code | NA8187 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1800/01 | Crichton, Sir Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MS/859/2/16 | Letter from Alexander Crichton, St Petersburg, to Charles Hatchett, Hammersmith | 25 June 1805 |
| MC/5/269 | Letter from Alexr [Alexander] Crichton, The Grove near Sevenoaks, to Charles Rd [Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 15 December 1856 |