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James Parkinson

English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist

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Details

Instance of: human
Born: 11 April 1755
Died: 21 December 1824
Place of birth: Shoreditch
Place of death: Hoxton
Sex or gender: male
Given name: James
Family name: Parkinson
Father: John Parkinson
Spouse: Mary Dale
Child: Emma Rook Parkinson, John William Keys Parkinson
Field of work: geology, surgery
Occupation: physician, paleontologist, neurologist, botanist, politician, pharmacist, surgeon
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
cause of death: stroke
described by source: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, BEIC Digital Library
different from: James Cumine Parkinson
educated at: Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
languages spoken, written or signed: English
manner of death: natural causes
name in native language: James Parkinson
number of children: 6, 7
place of burial: St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch
pseudonym: Old Hubert
writing language: English

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Author of

Organic remains of a former world. An examination of the mineralized remains of the vegetables and animals of the antediluvian world; generally termed extraneous fossils.

Subject of

Parkinson, James (d.1824) (DNB00)
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Parkinson, James
Parkinson, James (1755–1824), surgeon and palaeontologist

Parent of

Emma Rook Parkinson
John William Keys Parkinson

Spouse of

Mary Dale

Child of

John Parkinson

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