Thomas Spens, MD

Biographical Summary

Spens, Thomas. ?-27/05/1842. Ref: 1405. Male.

• Place of Birth: Edinburgh.
• Place of Death: Drummond Place, Edinburgh.
• Profession: Physician.
• Appointments Held: Physician in Edinburgh, Physician to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum.
• Undergraduate Studies: MD (Edinburgh 1784).
• Postgraduate Studies: LRCPE (1787).
• Father: Nathaniel Spens, physician, Edinburgh.
• References: Edin. Med.J. (New Series) 13, 1914, 51; Shapin 433; S Devlin-Thorp Scotland's Cultural Heritage 3, 1982.
• Memberships: FRCPE (1788, President 1803-6), FRCSE, Medico Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh.
• Date of Election: 23/06/1788.
• Proposers: James Gregory, Sir James Hall, Andrew Duncan. (Physical Section Minute 7/4/1788 NLS Acc10,000/2)).
• Notes: Born 1764. First to describe Stokes-Adams syndrome (1793).
• 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. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 872

Other References

• Burke, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. Published in 1879. page 1499