| Charles Leigh | |
|---|---|
Charles Leigh, 1700 engraving by John Savage. | |
| Born | 1662 Singleton Grange |
| Died | 1701? |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Naturalist |
| Known for | Fellow of the Royal Society |
Charles Leigh (1662–1701?) was an English physician and naturalist.
| Charles Leigh | |
|---|---|
Charles Leigh, 1700 engraving by John Savage. | |
| Born | 1662 Singleton Grange |
| Died | 1701? |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Naturalist |
| Known for | Fellow of the Royal Society |
Charles Leigh (1662–1701?) was an English physician and naturalist.
The son of William Leigh of Singleton-in-the-Fylde, Lancashire, and great-grandson of William Leigh, was born at Singleton Grange in 1662. On 7 July 1679 he became a commoner of Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. on 24 May 1683. [1] Anthony Wood recorded that he left Oxford in debt; he went to Jesus College, Cambridge, and graduated M.A. and M.D. (1689) there. [2]
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Leigh was on 13 May 1685 elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. When Wood wrote his Athenæ Oxonienses, Leigh was practising in London; but he lived at Manchester at a later date, and had an extensive practice in Lancashire. He is said to have died in 1701, but there is some doubt on this point. [1]
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Some of Leigh's papers read before the Royal Society are printed in the Philosophical Transactions , and he published the following separate works:
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Leigh married Dorothy, daughter of Edward Shuttleworth of Larbrick, Lancashire, with whom he received a moiety of the manor of Larbrick, afterwards surrendered in payment of a debt owing by Leigh to Serjeant Reginald Bretland. He left no issue. His widow died before 1717. [1]
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