Person Crichton; Sir; Alexander (1763 - 1856) Crichton Alexander Sir 1763 - 1856 British Male Edinburgh 02 December 1763 1763 The Grove, near Sevenoaks, Kent 04 June 1856 1856 Burial: Norwood cemetery, Surrey

Physician; Surgeon Education: MD (1785, Leyden); LCP (1791 Career: Apprenticed to a surgeon in Edinburgh; lived in the house of Meckel, the anatomist, whilst studying in Halle; Physician, Westminster Hospital (1794); Physician to the Duke of Cambridge; Physician to Tzar Alexander I of Russia (1804); returned to England (1819) Honours: Kt 1821 Memberships: Corporation of Surgeons, but was disenfranchised Fellow 08/05/1800 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1856-1857 vol 8 pp 269-272 References: John H Appleby, 'Sir Alexander Crichton, FRS (1763-1856), Imperial Russian Physician at Large' in NR 1999 vol 53 pp 219-230, plate E M Tansey, 'The Life and Works of Sir Alexander Crichton, FRS (1763-1856): A Scottish Physician to the Imperial Russian Court' in NR 1983-84 vol 38 pp 241-259 R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 307-332 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 2 Dec 1763 - 4 Jun 1856 NA8187 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes dffd1c15-4c3d-482d-9cba-110931ee62f1