Person Lind; James (1736 - 1812); physician Lind James physician 1736 - 1812 British Male Scotland 17 May 1736 The house of his son-in-law, William Burnie, Russell Square, London 17 October 1812

Education: MD (1768, Edinburgh) Career: Accompanied Sir Joseph Banks to Iceland (1772); Physician to the Royal Household (from about 1777); mentor of Percy Bysshe Shelley while the latter was at Eton & thus possibly the inspiration for Mary Shelley's Victor Frankenstein Fellow 18/12/1777 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Christopher Goulding, 'The real Doctor Frankenstein?', J R Soc Med 2002 95, pp257-9 Marta Cavazza, 'The Institute of Science of Bologna and the Royal Society in the eighteenth century' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 3-25, plate D G King-Hele, 'Shelley and Science' in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 253-265 Averil M Lysaght, 'Joseph Banks at Skara Brae and Stennis, Orkney, 1772' in NR 1973-4 vol 28 pp 221-234 Andy Coghlin 'Dead man walking' in New Scientist 4 May 2002 Journal of Royal Society of Medicine, Vol 95 p 257 Notes: NOT James Lind (1716-1794) who wrote about the diseases of seamen 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 17 May 1736 - 17 Oct 1812 NA6671 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 46e20ac3-b6ee-487c-bd2f-5fd49a75ac42