| Authorised form of name | Parkes; Edmund Alexander (1819 - 1876) |
| Dates | 1819 - 1876 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England |
| Date of birth | 29 March 1819 |
| Place of death | His residence, Sydney Cottage, Bittern, near Southampton, Hampshire |
| Date of death | 15 March 1876 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Solihull, near Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| Occupation | Physician; Surgeon |
| Research field | Hygiene |
| Activity | Education:
Christ's Hospital; University College Hospital, London. MB (1841) MD (1846, London)
Career:
Assistant Surgeon, 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment, in India (1842-1845); retired from the army, returned to London and practised in Upper Seymour Street, then in Harley Street; Professor of Clinical Medicine, University College Hospital, London (1849); Superintendent of the British Army Hospital at Renkioi, Dardanelles (1855); Professor of Hygiene, Army Medical School, Fort Pitt, Chatham (1860); Examiner in Medicine for the Army and Indian Medical Service; published 'Manual of Practical Hygiene' (1864); Physician, University College Hospital, London; died of tuberculosis
Memberships:
MRCS (1840); FRCP
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/06/1861 |
| Relationships | His mother was a niece of Josiah Wedgwood (FRS 1783) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/35197888 |
| Code | NA6029 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| M/194 | Parkes, Edmund Alexander | |
| RR/6/247 | Referee's report by Edmund Alexander Parkes, on a paper 'On the temperature of the human body in health' by Sydney Ringer and the late Andrew Patrick Stuart | 10 April 1869 |
| RR/7/368 | Referee's report by Edmund Alexander Parkes, on a paper 'Supplementary note on the theory of ventilation' by Francois de Chaumont | 16 January 1875 |
| RR/7/171 | Memorandum by Edmund Alexander Parkes, on a paper 'On the specific heat and other physical characters of mixtures of methylic alcohol and water, and on certain relations existing between the specific heat of a mixture or solution and the heat evolved or absorbed in their formation' by August Dupre | 1872 |
| EC/1861/10 | Parkes, Edmund Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/9/340 | Letter from Wm [William] Webb, Army Medical Department Library, Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, Southampton, to Dr [Edmund Alexander] Parkes | 11 March 1872 |
| MC/10/32 | Letter from E A [Edmund Alexander] Parkes, Sydney Cottage, Bitterne, Southampton, to the Royal Society | 31 October 1873 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
| MC/10/33 | Letter from E A [Edmund Alexander] Parkes, Sydney Cottage, Bitterne, Southampton, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 2 November 1873 |
| MC/10/34 | Letter from E A [Edmund Alexander] Parkes, Sydney Cottage, Bitterne, Southampton, to the Royal Society | 2 November 1873 |
| MC/10/366 | Letter from F [Francois] de Chaumont, Fort Pitt House, Rochester, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society | 12 March 1876 |
| MC/10/370 | Letter from F [Francois] de Chaumont, Fort Pitt House, Rochester, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society | 16 March 1876 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| AP/45/1/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'The effect of temperature on the secretion of urea as observed on a voyage to China and at Hong Kong' by Emil Becher | 1863 |
| AP/45/1 | Unpublished paper, 'The effect of temperature on the secretion of urea as observed on a voyage to China and at Hong Kong' by Emil Becher | 1863 |
| RR/4/238 | Referee's report by Edmund Alexander Parkes, on a paper 'On the elimination of urea and urinary water, in relation to the period of the day, season, exertion, food, prison discipline, weight of body, and other influences acting in the cycle of the year' by Edward Smith | 25 June 1861 |
| RR/6/248 | Detailed referee's report by Edmund Alexander Parkes, on a paper 'On the temperature of the human body in health' by Sydney Ringer and the late Andrew Patrick Stuart | nd [1869] |
| RR/7/170 | Referee's report by Edmund Alexander Parkes, on a paper 'On the specific heat and other physical characters of mixtures of methylic alcohol and water, and on certain relations existing between the specific heat of a mixture or solution and the heat evolved or absorbed in their formation' by August Dupre | 24 February 1872 |