James Lind (medic, 1736)

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James Lind (born May 17, 1736 in Gorgie, Midlothian , Scotland , † October 17, 1812 in London ) was a Scottish medic .

biography

From 1752 Lind studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh with William Cullen and Joseph Black and obtained his MD in 1768 . Between 1761 and 1779 he traveled as a ship surgeon with the East India Company , visiting Africa, India and China. In 1772 he accompanied Sir Joseph Banks ' expedition to Iceland as an astronomer . There were Uno from Troil , John Gore and Daniel Solander .

In 1775 Lind developed his manometric anemometer as a further development of the Pitot tube from 1721. In 1777 he became a member of the Royal Society and in 1783 of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . As an enlightened polymath , he was interested in anthropology , astronomy, botany, chemistry, cryptography, mechanical engineering, geology, meteorology and physics and researched in these areas. His friends and correspondents included James Watt , William Herschel , Adam Smith , Adam Ferguson, and Benjamin Franklin .

In 1782 he retired at Windsor . In 1791 he and Tiberius Cavallo developed a process for recording life-size silhouettes.

He was married to Anne Elizabeth Mealy (1755-1803). Her son, Alexander Francis Lind (* 1797 in Windsor, † 1832 in Bengal, India) later described the father's study as crammed with telescopes, galvanic batteries and other electrical machines.

Lind became a scientific advisor to selected students at Eton College , such as Percy Bysshe Shelley from 1805 to 1811 , whose later wife he may have used as a model for Dr. Frankenstein served.

Works

  • A treatise on the putrid and remitting marsh fever which raged at Bengal in the year 1762 ; (ed. Elliot, 1776) and Sims (1773)
  • A description of rifled order; fitted with sectors, telescopes, & c. In which is contained, An account of the nature and properties of rifles in general ; London, 1776
  • Sketch for a medical education ; Windsor, 1800

literature

  • Alexander Francis Lind: A Sketch of My Life ( Online )
  • Christopher Goulding: The influence of James Lind on the scientific and philosophical thought of Percy Bysshe Shelley ; University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2002

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://christophergoulding.homestead.com/files/James_Lind_profile_and_notes.mht
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / lindfamilytree.uuuq.com
  3. ↑ Iceland trip - section 1 .
  4. ↑ Thilo: Historical anemometer .
  5. ^ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society; Vol. 65, 1775, pp. 353-365
  6. ↑ Scranton Web site .
  7. ^ Entry on Lind, James (1736 - 1812), Physician in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
  8. ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed January 1, 2020 .
  9. ↑ http://sites.google.com/site/genealogynmore/cramer-lind-pitt-cronk-families  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / sites.google.com  
personal data
SURNAME Lind, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish medic
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1736
PLACE OF BIRTH Gorgie, Midlothian , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH October 17, 1812
Place of death London