British physician, secretary of the Royal Society
Cromwell Mortimer FRS (June 1702 – 7 January 1752) was a British physician, antiquary[ 1] and second secretary of the Royal Society from 1730 to 1752.[ 2]
Early life
Mortimer was the second son of John Mortimer of Topping Hall in Hatfield Peverel , Essex, and his third wife Elizabeth Sanders, daughter of Samuel Sanders.[ 3] His father's first wife was Dorothy Cromwell, daughter of Richard Cromwell . He was awarded his M.D. in 1724 at University of Leyden .[ 4] He married and had one son Hans Winthrop Mortimer who became Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury .[ 5]
Career
Mortimer's medical practice developed in London after he was admitted to the College of Physicians in 1725.[ 4] He was elected to membership in the Royal Society in 1728; and those signing that nomination letter were: Francis Clifton ; Claudius Amyand (surgeon) ; Hans Sloane .[ 6]
Notes
^ Bevan, Michael. "Cromwell, Mortimer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/19341 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Gibbs, F.W. "Cromwell Mortimer, F.R.S.: Secretary, Royal Society, 1730-1752," Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr., 1950), pp. 259-263; Past Physical Sciences Secretaries
^ Nichols, John et al. (1812). Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, pp. 423-425 , p. 423, at Google Books .
^ a b Courtney, W.P. (1885). "Cromwell Mortimer," Dictionary of National Biography, pp. 118-119.
^ "MORTIMER, Hans Winthrop (1734-1807), of Caldwell Hall, Derbys" . History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 17 October 2017 .
^ Royal Society Library and Archive catalogue
References
Nichols, John and Samuel Bentley. (1812). Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century. London: Nichols and Bentley. OCLC 447914677
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