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Authorised form of nameDavy; Martin (1763 - 1839); physician and college head
Dates1763 - 1839
NationalityBritish
Place of birthEngland, United Kingdom
Date of birth1763
Place of deathCambridge, England, Uited Kingdom
Date of death18 May 1839
DatesAndPlacesPlace of Marriage:
St George's, Hanover Square, London, England
Burial:
The antechapel of Caius College, Cambridge, England
OccupationPhysician and college head
Research fieldMedicine
ActivityEducation:
Lynn School; Studied medicine at Edinburgh; MB (1792) MD (1797) Caius College, Cambridge; DD
Career:
Master of Caius College, Cambridge (from 1803); practised medicine; took Holy Orders (1811); given the Rectory of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, by the Tory government (1827); Prebendary of Chichester (1832).
Memberships:
Linnean Society
Society of Antiquaries 1812
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election23/04/1801
Age at election38
ProposerSamuel Solly
John Frere
William Hyde Wollaston
Matthew Baillie
Francis John Hyde Wollaston
Samuel Vince
Richard Belward
RelationshipsParents: William Davy
Spouse: Anne, daughter of William Stevenson of Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England (m. 6 May 1811)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1839 No 40 pp 173-174
CodeNA7155
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1801/05Davy, Martin: certificate of election to the Royal Society
HS/6/477Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Martin Davy, dated at Slough24 February 1828
HS/6/478Letter, from Martin Davy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Caius Lodge6 March 1828
HS/6/476Letter, from Martin Davy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Caius Lodge13 February 1828
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