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About John Hope
Biographical Summary
Hope, John. 10/05/1725-10/11/1786. Ref: 757. Male.
- Place of Birth: Edinburgh.
- Place of interment: Greyfriars Edinburgh.
- Profession: Botanist, Physician.
- Appointments Held: Keeper 1761-, Glasgow Botanic Garden, Professor 1761-8 Botany and Materia Medica; 1768-86 Medicine and Botany, Edinburgh University, Keeper, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Physician to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary; King's Botanist in Scotland.
- Schools and Tutors: Dalkeith Grammar School, Midlothian.
- Undergraduate Studies: MD (Glasgow 1750) Edinburgh and Paris Universities.
- Marital Status: Married Juliana Stevenson.
- Family: son Thomas Charles Hope FRSE 1766-1844.
- Mother: Marion Glas.
- Father: Robert Hope, Surgeon, Edinburgh.
- Other Family: Brother-in-law of Alexander Stevenson FRSE 1726-1791.
- References: DNB 27, 1891, 321-2; Anderson 2, 492-3; A. Grant 2, 382; Shapin 252; S Devlin-Thorp Scotland's Cultural Heritage, 1, 1981; W P Anderson 1931, 377-8.
- Memberships: FRS (1767), FRCPE (1762,President 1784-6), Royal Medical Society(Hon 1748).
- Date of Election: 17/11/1783.
- Proposers: Founder Member.
- Edinburgh Philosophical Society: Residential.
- Notes: The genus Hopea is named after him.
- 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 454
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John Hope's Timeline
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May 10, 1725
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Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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| 1766 |
July 21, 1766
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Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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| 1786 |
November 10, 1786
Age 61
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Greyfriars, Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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