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Authorised form of nameKing; Sir; Edmond (1629 - 1709); physician and surgeon
Other forms of nameEdmund
Dates1629 - 1709
NationalityBritish
Date of birth22 August 1630
Place of deathHatton Garden, London, England, Europe
Date of death30 May 1709
DatesAndPlacesBaptism:
All Saints' Church, Northampton, England, Europe (22 August 1630)
Burial:
St Mildred's, Bread Street, London, England, Europe (3 June 1709)
OccupationPhysician; Surgeon
Research fieldAnatomy
ActivityEducation:
Apprenticed to a surgeon; Trinity College, Cambridge (admitted 1663); MD (Lambeth); Incorporated at Cambridge (1671)
Career:
Practised as surgeon in London; Physician to Charles II
Memberships:
Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1687)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election18/07/1666
ProposerJohn Wilkins
RSActivityRoyal Society roles:
Council: 1669, 1677, 1679, 1680, 1682, 1686, 1696
Other Royal Society activityPublished multiple papers in the 'Philosophical Transactions' on blood transfusion experiments and microscopic researches in entomology (1660s)
RelationshipsParents: Edmond King and Alice King
Married: Rebecca Crisp
Additional relatives: Sir Nicholas Crisp (FRS 1663)
OtherInfoKing was particular interested in human and animal anatomy as well as blood transfusions, for which he worked closely with Richard Lower (FRS 1667). He was also active in surgical experiments with Robert Hooke (FRS 1663) and Peter Balle (FRS 1663) and showed a keen interest in entymology.
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SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB;Venn; Hunter; Le Neve; ODNB
Notes:
In index to BR and in DNB, date of knighthood is given as 1676. Hunter gives it as 1686.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/17118124
CodeNA8134
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
RBO/3/73'An Account Of the Second Experiment of Transfusion upon Man' brought in by Edmond King1668
EL/K/18Letter, from Edmund King [to the Royal Society]9 August 1694
RBO/3/80'An Account of An Experiment of Tying up the Descending Artery of a Dog' brought in by Edmond King2 April 1668
RBO/6/122'A Relation of a Petrified 'Glandula Pinealis' lately found in the Dissection of a Brain' by Edmond Kingnd
MS/390/25Bond of Edmund King to the Treasurer of the Royal Society26 November 1674
CLP/12i/18Paper, 'An account of the 2nd tryal of transfusion upon man' by Dr [Edmond] King[1667]
RBO/4/10'Dr King's Account of the Testicles'17 December 1668
CLP/12i/20Paper, 'Some experiments about the testicles' by Dr [Edmond] King[1668]
EL/K/17Letter, from Edmund King [to the Royal Society]1693
RBO/3/85'Dr King's Account Of two Anatomical Experiments made by himself and Mr Hook in privated and brought in to the Society June 4 1668'1668
CLP/12i/12Extract of a letter, 'A method of transfusing bloud into men' by Dr Edm [Edmond] King[1667]
CLP/12i/19Paper, 'Account of two anatomical experiments made by himself and M Hook in privat [sic]' by Dr [Edmond] King[1668]
RBO/4/11'Account of cutting the Kidney of a Dog' by Edmond King1669
CLP/12i/6Paper, 'An account of the experiment of the transfusion of bloud out of one animal into another first performed by Dr Lower at Oxford' by [Edmond] King and Thomas Coxe[1666]
CLP/12i/9Paper, 'Accounts of experiments of transfusion made by Dr King at his house' by Edmond King 29 March 1667
CLP/12i/10Paper, 'Experiment of transfusion made by Dr King at his house' by Edmond King14 April 1667
RBO/3/58'A Further Account Of some Experiments of Transfusion made by Dr King at his house'1667
CLP/12i/16Paper, 'Account of the experiment of transfusion, made by Dr Lower and Dr King, upon Arthur Coga' by Dr [Edmond] King[1667]
CLP/15i/25Paper, 'An observation on insects in old willow' by Dr [Edmund] King14 July 1670
CLP/22i/6Paper, Discussion of Jan Swammerdam's work by William Croone, Walter Needham and Edmund [Edmond] King17 August 1673
CLP/12i/29Paper, 'A relation of a petrified glandula pinealis lately found in the dissection of a brain' by Sir Edmond King6 November 1686
RBO/3/45'An Account Of an Experiment of Transfusing of Bloud [blood] out of one Animal into another; First performed by Dr Lower at Oxford' brought to the Royal Society by Edmond King1666
RBO/3/56Account of a blood transfusion experiment carried out by Edmond King at his house14 April 1667
RBO/4/31'Observations On Insects [lodging themselves] in old Willow' by Edmond King1670
RBO/3/81'An Anatomical Experiment by Order of the Society made in private by Dr King and Mr Hook' brought in by Edmond King1668
RBO/3/54'Some Experiments of Transfusion made by Dr [Edmond] King at his own House'1667
RBO/3/62'A Method Of Transfusing Bloud [blood] into Man contrived by Dr King'1667
RBO/3/66'An Account Of the Experiment of Transfusion made by Dr Lower and Dr King upon Arthur Coga Satturday 23 November 1667'1667
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