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Marcet, Francis, 1803-1883
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1803-1883
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MARCET, FRANCIS, son of Alexander John Gaspard Marcet MD, Russell Square, London, Physician to Guy’s Hospital, and Jane, authoress, only dau. of Francis Haldimand, London, Swiss merchant; b. 25 May 1803; adm. 2 Oct 1815 (G); Min. Can. 1816; KS 1817; left Nov 1817; fought on patriot side in Greek War of Independence 1821; MD (where ?); FRCP; Assistant Physician, Westminster Hospital; FRS 28 Jan 1836; became naturalised as a Swiss citizen; member, Swiss Legislature; edited and revised the 14th edition of his mother’s Conversations on Natural Philosophy, 1872; m. at Geneva, Switzerland 23 Apr 1827 Aimée Amélie Beaumont (IGI); d. 14 Apr 1883.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.