| Authorised form of name | Silvestre; Pierre (c 1662 - 1718); physician |
| Other forms of name | Peter |
| Other forms of surname | Sylvester |
| Dates | c 1662 - 1718 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe |
| Date of birth | c 1662 |
| Date of death | 16 April 1718 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
Guienne; Montpellier; MD (c1683)
Career:
Lived in Paris, gaining experience in hospitals; a Huguenot, he left Paris after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and went to Amsterdam; Physician to the Prince of Orange, whom he accompanied to England (1689); Physician to Marshal Schomberg in Ireland; attached to the household of the Prince of Valdee; had an extensive practice in London; Commissioner for the Sick and Wounded; naturalised British (1696)
Memberships:
LRCP (1693) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/11/1699 |
| Proposer | Sir Hans Sloane |
| Other Royal Society activity | Not on PL after 1717. Doubt as to the identity but he is possibly the one in M. |
| Relationships | Parents: Daniel Silvestre, Procurator to the Parliament of Bordeaux, and Susanne (née Bernardin) |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; Agnew; Shaw LD
Pearson, David, Book Owners Online [URL: https://bookowners.online/Pierre_Silvestre_ca.1662-1718; last accessed: 01/11/2023] |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/282879892 |
| Code | NA8367 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/S2/28 | Letter, from Pierre Silvestre [to the Royal Society] | nd |
| CLP/12i/61 | Paper, 'Dissectio puerperae' by Peter [Pierre] Silvestre | [1701] |
| EL/S2/26 | Letter, from Pierre Silvestre to Hans Sloane, dated at Berne | 6 April 1700 |
| CLP/12i/57 | Paper, 'Account of Fr [Friar] James's way of cutting for the stone' by Dr [Pierre] Sylvester [Silvestre] | [1690s] |
| EL/C2/28 | Extract of a letter, from Dr [Abraham] Cyprianus to Dr [Pierre] Sylvestre, dated at Amsterdam | February 1695 |
| RBO/9/30 | 'A Relation of a childs being cut for the stone by Fryar James in the convent of the Capuchins at Antwep' by Peter Silvestre | nd |
| EL/S2/27 | Letter, from Pierre Silvestre [to the Royal Society] dated at London | 15 October 1700 |