'Dr Allen's Account Of the Hermaphrodite in London Addressed to Mr Oldenburg'
Reference number: RBO/3/74
Date: 1668
Description
Thomas Allen gives an anatomical description of a hermaphrodite called Anna Wilde, born in 1647 in Ringwood, Hampshire [England] who lived in London.
Subject: Anatomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An exact narrative of an hermaphrodite now in London'.
Addressed to Mr [Henry] Oldenburg. Read to the Royal Society on 16 January 1668.
- Reference number
- RBO/3/74
- Earliest possible date
- 1668
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Thomas Allen, 'Dr Allen's Account Of the Hermaphrodite in London Addressed to Mr Oldenburg', 1668, RBO/3/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_74/dr-allens-account-of-the-hermaphrodite-in-london-addressed-to-mr-oldenburg, accessed on 15 March 2026
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An exact narrative of an hermaphrodite now in London. - This was communicated by the ingenious Dr. Tho. Allen (now a Fellow of the R. Society) to a friend of his in a Latin letter, in which as it was imparted to the said society, so it was thought fit to publish it here for the view of the learned; v External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 30th December 1666
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1666.0066
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Paper, 'Account of the hermaphrodite in London' by Dr [Thomas] Allen
Creator: Thomas Allen Reference number: CLP/13/3
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 3, copies of papers communicated 1663-1668
1663-1668 Reference number: RBO/3
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