| Authorised form of name | Leigh; Charles (1662 - 1717); physician and naturalist |
| Dates | 1662 - 1717 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Singleton Grange, Singleton-in-the-Fylde, Lancashire, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | 1662 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Natural history |
| Activity | Education:
School at Manchester; Brasenose College, Oxford (BA 1683); Jesus College, Cambridge (MD Com. Reg. 1690)
Career:
Practised in London and later in Manchester |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 13/05/1685 |
| Proposer | William Musgrave |
| Other Royal Society activity | Had some papers on medical matters published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' (1684);
Occasional correspondent to the Society (1680s) |
| Relationships | Parents: William Leigh
Married: Dorothy Shuttleworth |
| OtherInfo | Unfortunately, fairly little is known about Leigh's family background or his medical practice in London and Manchester. His writings show an interest in the medicine as well as natural history and the plant 'Leighia cass' is named after Leigh himself, as a synonym for the helianthus, a genus from the family more commonly known as sunflowers. It is possible that Leigh is the physician Dr Lee, who features frequently in the diaries of Thomas Bellingham and Lawrence Rawstorne. Despite occasional corresponence, he remained largely inactive in the Royal Society and was never in its printed lists. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; Hunter; Foster; ODNB
Notes:
DNB/ODNB gives date of death as 1701?, but mentions him as alive in 1705 and says his widow died before 1717; Venn gives date of death as 1717. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/24945528 |
| Code | NA5710 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/002709 | Leigh, Charles | nd |
| CLP/8ii/58/2 | Figure, Davis's quadrant by Charles Leigh | 1737 |
| CLP/8ii/58/1 | Manuscript, 'The description and life of an apparatus added as an improvement to Davis's quadrant, consisting of a mercurial level for taking the co-altitude of the Sun or star at sea, without the visual assistance of the sensible horizon which frequently is obscure' by Charles Leigh | 1737 |
| CLP/8ii/58 | Paper, 'The description and life of an apparatus added as an improvement to Davis's quadrant, consisting of a mercurial level for taking the co-altitude of the Sun or star at sea, without the visual assistance of the sensible horizon which frequently is obscure' by Charles Leigh | 1737 |