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Authorised form of nameClifton; Francis (- 1736)
Dates - 1736
NationalityBritish
Place of birthNorfolk, England
Place of deathJamaica
Date of death1736
OccupationPhysician
ActivityEducation:
Leyden; MD (1724) MD (Cambridge, 1728)
Career:
Practised in London; Physician to the Prince of Wales; went to Jamaica (1734)
Memberships:
FRCP (1729)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election22/06/1727
ProposerPhilips Glover
John Gaspar Scheuchzer
Isaac de Sequeira Samuda
RelationshipsSon of Josiah Clifton, Merchant, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Thomas Fenne of Great Yarmouth; married Sarah, daughter of - Banckes, Merchant, of Leadenhall Street, London
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; Munk
Notes:
. Wrote to Sloane 03 June 1736, administration granted to widow 06 November 1736
CodeNA5940
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/390/221Bond of Francis Clifton to the Treasurer of the Royal Society29 June 1727
CLP/22ii/56Paper, Extract from Francis Clifton's book entitled 'State of Physick ancient and modern briefly considered with a plan for the improvement of it' by William Graeme[1732]
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