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John Sims
1749-10-13 – 1831-02-26
Life & Legacy
John Sims (13 October 1749 – 26 February 1831) was an English medical doctor and botanist. He was born in Canterbury, Kent and was subsequently educated at the Quaker school in Burford, Oxfordshire, he then went on to study medicine at Edinburgh University. Later in life he moved to London (1766) where he worked as a physician. Notably, he was called in to assist with Princess Charlotte's labour, but mother and baby both died. He was the first editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine.
Occupation & Career
botanist, physician, taxonomist
Education
University of Edinburgh
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Fellow of the Royal Society
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Honors & Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society
Organizations & Memberships
Linnean Society of London · Royal Society of London
Education & Institutions
University of Edinburgh
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