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Christopher Love Morley, Dr. (1645/6 - fl. 1703)

Physician. Love-Morley matriculated at Leiden University on 18 February 1676 at the age of thirty and graduated MD in 1679. He was admitted honorary fellow of the College of Physicians on 30 September 1680 and admitted a full member on 12 April 1687 (Munk, 450). In 1683 he travelled to the Indies. He was author of De Morbo Epidemico Annorum 1678-9 (London, 1680) and Collectanea Chemica Leydensia (Leiden, 1684). As late as 1704 he was listed as a member of the RCP. Sir Thomas Browne, in a letter to his son Edward dated 18 August 1680, describes “Lovemorly” as “an ingenious civil person, and industrious” (vol. 1, p. 280). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/19283 Relevant locations: Educated at Leiden University, Leiden
Lived at or near London, England
Visited East Indies, Asia
 Relationships: Christopher Love Morley was a member of Royal College of Physicians (1518-)

 Linked print sources: as Mentioned or referenced by - Sir Thomas Browne's Works, Including His Life and Correspondence.
as Mentioned or referenced by - The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Vol. 1, 1518-1700.
as Recipient - A catalogue of plants growing within the fortifications of Tangier, wrote in the Year 1673. by Mr. Spottswood (a surgeon, who lived there, and gathered plants and seeds for Mr. Balaam and Dr. Morison) which by the author was given to Dr. Love Morley, who communuicated it.
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