James Douglas
1675 - 1742
- Born
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21 March 1675
Baads, Scotland
- Died
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02 April 1742
Red Lion Square, London
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 20/11/1706
- Occupation
- Physician
- Relationships
- Son of William Douglas of Baads, near Edinburgh, and his wife, Joan Mason; married Martha Wilkes; brother of Walter Douglas (FRS 1711), of John Douglas (FRS 1720) and of George Douglas (FRS 1733)
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Paper, 'The description of virtues and use of a certain bark called in French du chacuil and in Latin cortex elatherii done into English from the memoires of the Royal Academy of Sciences: with some observations relating to its history and a comparison between it and the cortex thuris' by Dr Douglass [James Douglas]
Creator: James Douglas Reference number: CLP/10i/44 -
Observations, 'Wild valerian' by Dr Douglass [James Douglas?]
Creator: James Douglas Reference number: CLP/10i/47 -
Paper, 'A botanical description of the flower and seed-vessel of the crocus autumnalis sativus, that produces the true English safron [saffron] of the shops: with a figure' by Dr James Douglas
Creator: James Douglas Reference number: CLP/10ii/1 -
Paper, 'The change of the root in the crocus autumno vivens' by James Douglas
Creator: James Douglas Reference number: CLP/10ii/4 -
Paper, 'An account of the culture and management of saffron in England' by Dr James Douglas
Creator: James Douglas Reference number: CLP/10ii/9 -
Paper, 'A short account of the different kinds of ipecacuanha by Dr [James] Douglass [Douglas]
Creator: James Douglas Reference number: CLP/10ii/10
Most frequently corresponded with
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John Frederick William Herschel
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