| 词条 | John Sims (taxonomist) |
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John Sims (13 October 1749 – 26 February 1831) was an English physician 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 involved with the birth of Princess Charlotte in which both mother and baby died. He was the first editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Early lifeSims was born in Canterbury, Kent, the son of, Robert Courthope Sims (1720–1812), a physician, and Rebecca née Tritton (1723–c1781). His father was a member of the Society of Friends who published An Essay on the Nature and Constitution of Man .[1] He was educated at the Quaker school in Burford, Oxfordshire, with additional instruction from his father. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, obtaining his PhD in 1774. His dissertation was "De usu aquæ frigidæ interno." CareerMedicineHe moved to London in 1766, where he worked as a physician at the Surrey Dispensary. He bought an obstetric practice in 1779, and was he was admitted to the Royal College of Physicians.[2] In 1780 he was appointed Physician and Man Midwife to the Charity for Delivering Poor Married Women at their own Houses. In 1817 he was called to the ill-fated childbirth of Princess Charlotte at which mother and baby died.[3] BotanyHe was the first editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1801–1826 vols. xiv–xlii) after the death of the founder, William Curtis,[4] and edited Annals of Botany (1805–06) with Charles Konig.[2] He was a founding member of the Linnean Society. In March 1814 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[5] His papers on botany include a description of the effect of moisture on Mesembryanthemum to the Medical and Physical Journal (vol. ii. 1799), and a "Description of Amomum exscapum" to the Annals of Botany (vol. i.).[2] The genus name Simsia was published by Robert Brown to honour his work. His herbarium was purchased by George Bentham and passed to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. {{botanist|Sims|Sims|border=0}}DeathIn 1825 he resigned from his medical practice and retired to Dorking, Surrey where he died in 1831. He is buried in Fittleworth, Sussex with his wife Ann née Christie (1765–1835) and their only son the Rev Dr Courthope Sims MD MB (1795–1833).[6] References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Sims|first1=Robert Courthope|title=An Essay on the Nature and Constitution of man|date=1793|publisher=James Phillips|location=London|pages=108|url=https://archive.org/stream/b28524160|accessdate=22 May 2016}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite DNB|wstitle=Sims, John|last= Boulger|first=George Simonds|authorlink=George Simonds Boulger}} 3. ^{{cite journal |title = Dr John Sims-A mystery Solved|journal = International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology|doi=10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00566.x | year=2005 | last1=Crainz | first1=Franco | last2=Dewhurst | first2=John | volume=112 | issue=7 | pages=849–850}} 4. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/namedefs/namedef-4368.html | title = John Sims, 1749–1831 | accessdate = 3 September 2007 | author = | publisher = Darwin Project | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927065747/http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/namedefs/namedef-4368.html | archivedate = 27 September 2007 | df = dmy-all }} 5. ^{{cite web|url= http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27sims%27%29|title= Library and Archive Catalogue|publisher= The Royal Society|accessdate= 18 October 2010}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 6. ^His will names his wife Ann, son Courthope and his daughters Clara, Caroline, Eglantine and Ann. External links
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