John (1) Martin

Dr John (1) Martin
File:Martin, John (1).jpg
Born	1789
Died	1869
Occupation	medical
Society Membership membership ASL ordinary fellow ASL Foundation Fellow left 1869 deceased

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House Notes

CONFUSION: 2 John Martins? (OR some mistake with the recording of death) see the other one. This Dr John Martin may never have been a fellow at all, and all references should refer to the other
number after name to distinguish from another with same name
1869.10.12 death announced [says Dr John Martin]
but then: 1874.04.28 The death of Mr John Martin was announced. Which one is it?- I have added a record for a Dr Martin who died in 1869 but was he actually elected?

Notes From Elsewhere

John Martin M.D. (1789–1869) was a British meteorologist and physician, known now for his writing on Tonga.
Martin practised for some years as a physician in the City of London, and died at Lisbon on 8 July 1869
The Athenæum reported on Martin's meteorological investigations. For pressure, temperature, and moisture, he made meteorological charts from daily observations. He noted ozone, as well as factors thought to affect cholera and yellow fever.[1]
Martin edited an account of Tonga from William Mariner. It appeared as An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, with an original Grammar and Vocabulary of their Language. Compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr. William Mariner, several years resident in those Islands,' 2 vols. London, 1817; 2nd edit. 1818. It was also reprinted as vol. xiii. of Constable's Miscellany; a French translation appeared at Paris in November 1817. Mariner had been detained in Tonga from 1805 to 1810.[1]


? Member of the Athenaeum Club from 1833

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Martin edited an account of Tonga from William Mariner. It appeared as An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, with an original Grammar and Vocabulary of their Language. Compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr. William Mariner, several years resident in those Islands,' 2 vols. London, 1817; 2nd edit. 1818. It was also reprinted as vol. xiii. of Constable's Miscellany; a French translation appeared at Paris in November 1817. Mariner had been detained in Tonga from 1805 to 1810.[1]