| Authorised form of name | Crampton; Sir; Philip (1777 - 1858) |
| Dates | 1777 - 1858 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland |
| Date of birth | 07 June 1777 |
| Date of death | 10 June 1858 |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Research field | Zoology |
| Activity | Education:
Apprenticed to Solomon Richards, surgeon York Street (1791); College of Surgeons, Ireland (1798); Meath Hospital; MD (1800, Glasgow)
Career:
In the Army Medical Department; surgeon to the Meath Hospital (1798-1858); taught anatomy; member of the Court of Assistants (1801); surgeon to the Westmoreland Lock Hospital for Venereal Diseases (1806); Surgeon General to the Forces in Ireland (1813); Surgeon in Ordinary to the Queen; involved in the foundation of the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland, became President; discovered Musculus cramtonius - a tiny muscle in the eyes of birds which facilitates fine adjustments of avian vision
Honours:
Bt 1839
Memberships:
FRCSI 1801 President 1811,1820, 1844, 1855
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/04/1812 |
| Relationships | Son of Anne Verner and John Crampton, surgeon-dentist; married (1802) Selina Hamilton Cannon, daughter of an army officer; eldest son became British ambassador to Russia |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Irish Inventors |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/53408580 |
| Code | NA3309 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1812/01 | Crampton, Sir Philip: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/12/28 | Paper, 'Analysis of a pulmonary calculus' by Philip Crampton | 1802 |
| AP/8/8 | Unpublished paper, 'The description of an organ by which the eyes of birds are accommodated to the different distances of objects' by Philip Crampton | 7 June 1811 |