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Matthew Baillie

1761 - 1823

Born

27 October 1761

Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Died

23 September 1823

Duntisbourne, Gloucestershire

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
03/06/1790
Fields of Interest
Medicine
Relationships
Son of Rev James Baillie and Dorothea, sister of William and John Hunter (anatomists), ie he was their nephew. William bequeathed him £5,000, his house in Great Windmill Street, and use of his museum for 30 years; married (5 May 1791) Sophia Denman, sister of Thomas Denman (FRS 1833); brother of Joanna Baillie, poet