Paul Buissiere ( c 1655 - 1739 )

Birth: c 1655 Death: His house in Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, Westminster (January 1739) Profession: Surgeon Career: Practised in the Principality of Orange; a Huguenot, he fled France on account of his religion and settled first in Copenhagen, then London, where he had a successful practice; naturalised British (1688); lectured on anatomy and physiology; Governor of the French Hospital (1729); corresponded with Sir Hans Sloane (FRS 1685) Memberships: Corresponding Member of Academie Royale des Sciences Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1699 Proposers: Sir Hans Sloane Council: 1719, 1721, 1724, 1726-1729.