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James Douglas

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Scottish anatomist and midwife; (1675-1742)

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James Douglas (1675–1742) was a Scottish physician, midwife, obstetrician, and anatomist. Born in Edinburgh and educated at the University of Edinburgh, he held citizenship in the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of Great Britain. He was a member of the Royal Society, where he was recognized in the Royal Society collection, and received the Croonian Medal and Lecture.

Douglas died in London in 1742. He was male and spoke English. His sibling was John Douglas. He is described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. While Open Library lists him as an author with 130 works, notable titles include *Dotted Circle Postmarks of Scotland*, *Hingham Shipyard study*, *Hingham, Massachusetts*, *An army with banners.*, *Body Language Secrets for Men*, and *Theodore Watts-Dunton*.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
130

Top works

  • Dotted Circle Postmarks of Scotland
  • Hingham Shipyard study, Hingham, Massachusetts
  • "An army with banners."
  • Body Language Secrets for Men
  • Theodore Watts-Dunton

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1952-03-11
Active to
2001-05-11
audio dramaaudiobookauthorbritishcomedyenglish
Official siteDiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,077
Total plays
10,216

Tags

danceDIsco Houseloungeelectronicacid jazz

There have been a number of musicians that recorded/composed under the name of James Douglas: 1) James Douglas (1985 -) : Bath based musician and composer specialising in acoustic guitar. James Douglas - "With fingerstyle techniques inspired by the works of Nick Drake and a modern percussive sound likened to Andy McKee and Jon Butler, James Douglas fuses folk and jazz stylings using a medley of altered tunings and a love of harmonics" <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/James+Dou

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

    · 2021 · cited 85,040x

  2. Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using <b>lme4</b>

    · 2015 · cited 75,933x

  3. Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations

    · 1976 · cited 68,291x

  4. Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

    · 2012 · cited 66,856x

  5. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

    · 2009 · cited 58,742x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
James
Family name
Douglas
Gender
male
Citizenship
Kingdom of Great Britain
Place of birth
Edinburgh
Place of death
London
Occupation
anatomist
Languages spoken
English language
Award
Croonian Medal and Lecture
Image
Douglas, James – Supplement to the description of the coffee-tree, 1727 – BEIC 8907389.jpg
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member of
Royal Society
date of birth
1675-03-21
date of death
1742-04-02
described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Sources (2)

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