Person Hosack; David (1769 - 1835) Hosack David 1769 - 1835 British Male 44 Frankfurt Street, New York, New York 31 August 1769 New York, New York, USA 22 December 1835

Botanist; Surgeon Botany Medicine Education: Columbia College; Princeton University. BA, MD (1791, Pennsylvania) Career: Came to Britain; became friendly with Sir James Edward Smith (FRS 1785); took a large collection of minerals when he returned to America; Professor of Botany, Columbia (1795); Professor of Materia Medica, Columbia (1797); founded the Elgin Botanic Garden in 4 acres of land bought from the city of New York (1801); garden was purchased by the State (1810); Hosackia in botany is named after him; had a large medical practice in New York; Professor of Surgery and Midwifery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (1807-1826); died of apoplexy caused by exposure to extreme cold; his widow bequeathed $70,000 for the main hall of the New York Academy of Medicine Eldest son of Alexander Hosack originally of Elgin, Scotland, and his wife Jane, daughter of Francis Arden of New York Fellow 23/05/1816 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DAB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1836 No 27 p 437 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 31 Aug 1769 - 22 Dec 1835 NA7454 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes ad64da49-2673-42e5-81a6-b7f1e66fe179