Person Clark; Sir; James (1788 - 1870); physician Clark James Sir physician 1788 - 1870 British Male Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom 14 December 1788 17881214 Bagshot Park, Surrey, England, United Kingdom 29 June 1870 18700629 Burial: Kensal Green Cemetery, North Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom

Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London, England, United Kingdom (1841-1860) Bagshot Park, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (1860-1870)

Physician Medicine Education: Aberdeen University; MD ( Edinburgh, 1817); Hon MA (King's College, Aberdeen, 1848) Career: Worked in a lawyer's office, then studied medicine at Edinburgh; Surgeon, Royal Navy (1809); trained at at Haslar Hospital; joined the armed schooner Thistle as assistant surgeon; survived the wreck of this ship on the coast of New Jersey (1811) and promoted to full surgeon, but suffered the same misfortune again on his next vessel, La Colobri, which was also wrecked, Jamaica (1813); held a practice in Rome and lived near the piazza di Spagna (1819); moved to London (1826); visited the spa towns and universities of Germany acting as physician to Prince Leopold (1790–1865); served on the senate of the University of London (1838-1865); served as a member of the General Medical Council (1858-1860); retired from practice (1860); suffered an attack of typhoid fever in 1827 which he never recorvered from and suffered a severe bout of bronchitis which debilitated him (1868); suffered gastric bleeding and died peacefully at his home. Honours: Bt 1837; KCB 1866 Memberships: MRCS Edinburgh (1807); LRCP Parents: David Clark (1751–1836), butler to the earl of Findlater, and Isabella Scott (1756–1812), daughter of John Scott of Glassaugh. Spouse: Barbara Stephen (d. 1862). Children: John Forbes Clark. Studied effects of climate on consumption and collected meteorological and other data with the view of ascertaining their influence on that and other diseases. His major work, A Treatise on Pulmonary Consumption, concentrated on the preventive aspects of infectious tuberculosis and was aimed at the general public. He was interested in phrenology and in 1832 joined a phrenological society in London. Fellow 09/06/1832 44 William Richard Hamilton William George Maton Benjn Travers Casil Hall Herbert Mayo Charles Lyell Charles Mansfield Clarke Thomas Bell James McGrigor M I Brunel Astley Cooper Samuel Daniel Broughton Charles Daubeny David Barry William Russell Benjamin Guy Babington Leonard Horner Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1870-1871 vol 19 pp xiii-xix 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 doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1889.0047 RCN 33338 RCN 33333 14 Dec 1788 - 29 Jun 1870 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 25/06/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA7543 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 02/04/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/54902370 3913aefc-eeed-419c-9b6c-6a333ebcabf7