James Stark (1811–90)

Scottish physician, statistician, and religious writer. MD, Edinburgh. Established a private practice in Edinburgh. First superintendent of statistics for the General Office, Edinburgh, 1855. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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Scottish way of birth and death (database), University of Glasgow, Department of Economic and Social History, http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/scottishwayofbirthanddeath/leadingactors/superintendentsofstatistics/ (accessed May 2009).