| Authorised form of name | Moulin; Allen (c1653 - 1690); physician and anatomist |
| Other forms of name | Allan |
| Other forms of surname | Molines |
| Mullen |
| Mullan |
| Dates | c1653 - 1690 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Ireland, Europe |
| Date of birth | c. 1653 |
| Place of death | Barbados, West Indies, North and Central America |
| Date of death | 1690 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Anatomy |
| Activity | Education:
Trinity College, Dublin (BA 1676; MA 1684)
Career:
Practised in Dublin; after a discreditable love affair, went to London (1686) and then to the West Indies (1690)
Memberships:
Dublin Philosophical Society; Fellow of the Irish College of Physicians |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/07/1683 |
| Proposer | Robert Boyle |
| Other Royal Society activity | Had medical papers published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' (1680s-1690s) |
| OtherInfo | While he was practising in Dublin, Moulin could count well-known figures such as Sir William Tichborne or Sir Theophilus Jones amongst his patients. One of his earlier publications was an anatomical account of a circus elephant, which died in a fire in Dublin in 1681. Later in London, Moulin worked together with Robert Boyle (FRS 1663) on experiments with mercury. He was a very active member of the Dublin Philosophical Society, contributing a majority of the medical papers on experiments and dissections. He also designed a laboratory for them. He travelled to the West Indies with colonial governor William O'Brien in 1689, hoping to make a profit through mineralogy. However, he died shortly after in 1690 due to the effects of intoxication. |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hoppen; DIB
References:
Hoppen, K T. 1965. 'The Royal Society and Ireland. II', in Notes and Records, vol. 20, pp. 78-99
Morris, G C R. 1965. 'On the Identity of Jaques du Moulin, FRS 1667', in Notes and Records, vol. 45, pp.1-10
Notes:
Altnames from DNB and Hunter. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/233165469 |
| Code | NA3031 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MS/390/81 | Bond of Allen Mullin [Moulin] to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 25 July 1683 |
| RBO/7/40 | 'Anatomicall Observations in the heads of several fowle made at severall tymes by the late Allen Moulin' | 1688 |
| RBO/7/22 | 'An Account of an Experiment of the injection of Mercury into the blood, and its ill effects on the lungs by A Moulin' | 4 April 1688 |
| RB/3/4/46 | Allen Mullen [Moulin] to Boyle | 26 February 1686 |
| RB/3/7/35 | Allen Mullen [Moulin] to Boyle | 2 December 1682 |
| CLP/14i/34 | Paper, regarding why mercury is bad for the lungs by [Allen] Moulin | [1688] |