The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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James White ( - fl. c. 1717)

Ship surgeon for the East Indian Company, later, clergyman (Stearns, 272, 274). With the assistance of Sloane, he became surgeon to Charles Mordaunt, Lord Peterborough in 1702. He was later physician to Robert Sutton, second Baron Lexington (Stearns, 274). In 1715, White moved to
Jamaica, where he became rector of the Parish of Vere. Relevant locations: Lived at or near Jamaica, West Indies
Visited East Indies, Asia
 Relationships: James White was a employed by East India Company (1600-)
James White was a employed by Charles Mordaunt (1658?-1735)

 Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - James Petiver: promoter of natural science, c.1663–1718.
 References in Documents:
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 2. Piscis Quadrangularis parvus, verrucosus & reticulatus. Taken out of the Stomach of a Cod-fish, in an East India Voyage by Mr. JAMES WHITE Surgeon.