Doctor James Hamilton

DOCTOR JAMES HAMILTON

HAMILTON
JAMES
ROBERT HAMILTON/JEAN HAY FR7108 (FR7108)
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11/09/1749
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Biographical Summary

Hamilton, James. ?-27/10/1835. Ref: 682. Male.

• Place of Birth: Edinburgh.
• Place of Death: Edinburgh.
• Profession: Physician.
• Appointments Held: Physician in Edinburgh; Physician-1823, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and to George Heriot's Hospital, Merchant Maiden & Trades Maiden Hospital, Edinburgh.
• Schools and Tutors: High School Edinburgh.
• Training: Apprentice with Russell and Balfour, surgeons.
• Undergraduate Studies: MD(Edinburgh 1771).
• Mother: Jean Hay of Haystoun.
• Father: Robert Hamilton FRSE 1707-87, Professor of Divinity, Edinburgh University 1753-79.
• Other Family: brother-in-law of Benjamin Bell FRSE 1749-1806 son-in-law of Sir John Hay of Haystoun, FRSE 1755-1830.
• References: DNB, 24,1890,187; Irving 199; Shapin 222; S Devlin-Thorp Scotland's Cultural Heritage 1, 1981.
• Memberships: FRCPE (1772, President1792-4), Harveian Society (President 1791).
• Date of Election: 17/11/1783.
• Proposers: Founder Member.
• Edinburgh Philosophical Society: Residential.
• Notes: Born 1749.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 407

Other References

• BBC - Your Paintings - Dr James Hamilton (1749 - 1835), Edinburgh Physician