Person Douglas; James (1675 - 1742); physician Douglas James physician 1675 - 1742 British Male Baads, Scotland 21 March 1675 Red Lion Square, London 02 April 1742 Burial: Church of St Andrew, Holborn, London

Bow Lane, Cheapside, London (1718); Red Lion Square, London

Physician Medicine Natural history Letters Anatomy Education: Edinburgh; MA (1694); Rheims; MD (1699) Career: Settled in London (c1700); practised dissection and midwifery; Physician to the Queen; William Hunter (FRS 1767) became his pupil (1741); Douglas's manuscripts are now in the Hunterian Library of Glasgow University Memberships: Hon FRCP (1721) Son of William Douglas of Baads, near Edinburgh, and his wife, Joan Mason; married Martha Wilkes; brother of Walter Douglas (FRS 1711), of John Douglas (FRS 1720) and of George Douglas (FRS 1733) Royal Society roles: Council: 1714-1715, 1717-1718, 1720, 1724, 1726-1728 Lectures: Croonian 1741 and 1742 Fellow 20/11/1706 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Thomas Authority: Birth date from DSB References: 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1742, p218 P Fontes da Costa, 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', NR 2002 vo l56 pp 147-166 Notes: Proposed by Sir Hans Sloane International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 21 Mar 1675 - 2 Apr 1742 NA5719 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/62459314 39a7ef0a-1b42-4a89-8670-500f58719892