James Currie ( 1756 - 1805 )

Birth: Kirkpatrick Fleming parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland (31 May 1756) Death: Sidmouth, Devon (31 August 1805) Burial: Parish church of Sidmouth, Devon Profession: Physician Education: Studied in Edinburgh; MD (Glasgow, after 1777) Career: Emigrated to Virginia and was in mercantile business (1771); practised in Liverpool (for 12 years); advocate of the abolition of the slave trade; published "medical reports on the effect of water ... as a remedy for fever" (1797); moved to Bath, then to Sidmouth Membership: Fellow Election Date: 20/12/1792.