Person Blagden; Sir; Charles (1748 - 1820); physician Blagden Charles Sir physician 1748 - 1820 British Male Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England 17 April 1748 The house of his friend Berthollet, a renowned chemist, at Arcueil, near Paris, France 26 March 1820

Physical chemistry Education: MD (1768, Edinburgh) Career: Medical Officer in the Army (until 1814); Secretary of the Royal Society (1784-1797); friend of Sir Joseph Banks Honours: Kt c 1793 Royal Society roles: Sec 1784-1797 Medals and prizes: Copley Medal 1788 Fellow 25/06/1772 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB References: Neil Chambers, 'Letters From the President: the Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 27-57 Ernest Heberden, 'Correspondence of William Heberden, FRS With the Reverend Stephen Hales and Sir Charles Blagden' in NR 1984-85 vol 39 pp 179-189 Sir Gavin de Beer and Max H Hey, 'The First Ascent of Mont Blanc' in NR 1954-55 vol 11 pp 236-255 R K Bluhm, 'A Guide to the Archives of the Royal Society and to other Manuscripts in its Possession' in NR 1956-57 vol 12 pp 21-39 G. R. De Beer, ‘The diary of Sir Charles Blagden’, NR vol 8 1950–51pp 65–89 G R de Beer, 'The Relations between Fellows of the Royal Society and French Men of Science when France and Britain were at War' in NR 1952 vol 9 pp 244-299 A D Atkinson, 'Dr Johnson and the Royal Society' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 131-138 L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305 M Crosland, 'Relationships between the Royal Society and the Academie des Sciences in the late eighteenth century' in NR 2005 vol 59 pp 25-34 C Anderson, 'Blagden Papers at the Royal Society' in NR 2007 vol 61 pp 237-238 Wills, H. (2019) 'The diary of Charles Blagden: information management and the gentleman of science in eighteenth-century Britain' (UCL PhD thesis) ©The Royal Society 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 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-9516 17 Apr 1748 - 26 Mar 1820 NA8132 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 06/08/2025 RS_NET\rupert Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/2896807 217775d4-8cb2-4de9-8427-8b218916c24a