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Name: Description: Aikin, Arthur (Mr)
Chemist
(1773 - 1854)Aikin was born at Warrington. He attended the Free School at Warrington from the age of 6 and from 1784 a school at Palgrave on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. After this he became one of the first students at the Unitarian Academy at Hackney which opened in September 1786. There he was taught history and chemistry by Dr Joseph Priestly. At first, Aikin chose to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps as a Unitarian minister but then changed to devote his career to literary and scientific work, writing and lecturing. Alston, Charles (Dr)
Physician and botanist
(1683 - 1760)The third son of Thomas Alston, a physician of Thrinacre Milne and Eddlewood. Alston began studying at Glasgow University in 1700, but his father's death in 1703 left the family impoverished and so he decided not to graduate. The Duchess of Hamilton, however, recognizing his promise, arranged for him to receive some legal training under a writer to the signet, James Anderson, in Edinburgh. Three years later the Duchess employed Alston as her 'principal servant' in her household at Hamilton. Anderson, James (Mr)
Surgeon and horticulturist
(1738 - 1809)Born at Long Hermiston near Edinburgh, James Anderson was the son of Andrew Anderson, a local doctor. Following his education at the Ratho village school, Anderson studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He then became a surgeon on an East India Company ship in 1759, a position he took up again in 1761. He was an assistant surgeon in the Madras presidency in India in 1765. In 1781, Anderson was appointed surgeon-general, and after the formation of the Madras Medical Board in 1786 was elected its first president. He eventually became physician-general. Andry, Nicholas (Dr)
Physician and writer
(1658 - 1742)Andry was born in Lyon in Saint Nizier. He first started studying theology but then went to study medicine, first at the Faculty of Rheims and then afterwards in Paris. His first book was published in 1700 and was titled ‘The generation of worms in the human body’. The different kinds and types of this disease and the ways of preventing and curing it’. His other books included ‘L’orthopedie’ (1741). This was translated into English in 1742 with the title ‘Orthopaedia or the art of correcting and preventing deformities in children.’ Astruc, Jean (Dr)
French Physician
(1684 - 1766)Born in Sauve, France, Astruc studied medicine and became professor of anatomy in Toulouse, Montpellier and Paris. Author of many books of different medical topics including pathology, therapy, venereology, paediatrics and midwifery. He is also famous for being the physician to his Majesty the King of France Augustus II the Strong. His most well-known treatise was ‘De Morbis venereis Libri novem’ which consisted of two volumes and specifically concerned venereal diseases.
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- Aikin, Arthur (Mr)
Chemist
(1773 - 1854)
Aikin was born at Warrington. He attended the Free School at Warrington from the age of 6 and from 1784 a school at Palgrave on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. After this he became one of the first students at the Unitarian Academy at Hackney which opened in September 1786. There he was taught history and chemistry by Dr Joseph Priestly. At first, Aikin chose to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps as a Unitarian minister but then changed to devote his career to literary and scientific work, writing and lecturing.
- Alston, Charles (Dr)
Physician and botanist
(1683 - 1760)
The third son of Thomas Alston, a physician of Thrinacre Milne and Eddlewood. Alston began studying at Glasgow University in 1700, but his father's death in 1703 left the family impoverished and so he decided not to graduate. The Duchess of Hamilton, however, recognizing his promise, arranged for him to receive some legal training under a writer to the signet, James Anderson, in Edinburgh. Three years later the Duchess employed Alston as her 'principal servant' in her household at Hamilton.
- Anderson, James (Mr)
Surgeon and horticulturist
(1738 - 1809)
Born at Long Hermiston near Edinburgh, James Anderson was the son of Andrew Anderson, a local doctor. Following his education at the Ratho village school, Anderson studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He then became a surgeon on an East India Company ship in 1759, a position he took up again in 1761. He was an assistant surgeon in the Madras presidency in India in 1765. In 1781, Anderson was appointed surgeon-general, and after the formation of the Madras Medical Board in 1786 was elected its first president. He eventually became physician-general.
- Andry, Nicholas (Dr)
Physician and writer
(1658 - 1742)
Andry was born in Lyon in Saint Nizier. He first started studying theology but then went to study medicine, first at the Faculty of Rheims and then afterwards in Paris. His first book was published in 1700 and was titled ‘The generation of worms in the human body’. The different kinds and types of this disease and the ways of preventing and curing it’. His other books included ‘L’orthopedie’ (1741). This was translated into English in 1742 with the title ‘Orthopaedia or the art of correcting and preventing deformities in children.’
- Astruc, Jean (Dr)
French Physician
(1684 - 1766)
Born in Sauve, France, Astruc studied medicine and became professor of anatomy in Toulouse, Montpellier and Paris. Author of many books of different medical topics including pathology, therapy, venereology, paediatrics and midwifery. He is also famous for being the physician to his Majesty the King of France Augustus II the Strong. His most well-known treatise was ‘De Morbis venereis Libri novem’ which consisted of two volumes and specifically concerned venereal diseases.
- Aikin, Arthur (Mr)
