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Neil Arnott

1788–1874

Physician and natural philosopher. Surgeon with the East India Company in China, 1807–9, 1810–11. Practised as a physician in London, 1811–55. Gave lectures at the Philomathic Institution published as Elements of physics (1827). One of the founders of the University of London, 1836. FRS 1838.

Source

DNB

Bibliography

DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.

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