Thomas Dale (Q387446)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
* 1700, + 1750, English physician who moved to South Carolina in 1732, published poetry and satirical works
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Thomas Dale |
* 1700, + 1750, English physician who moved to South Carolina in 1732, published poetry and satirical works |
Statements
1700
0 references
1750
0 references
Born in Hoxton, London, Dale studied medicine at Leiden and engaged fully in the social, literary and epistolary network in which botany was practised in eighteenth-century England. In 1730, however, Dale relocated to the British colonial port of Charles Town, South Carolina. Here he continued to engage in a transatlantic network of botanical exchange and discussion, corresponding on equal and reciprocal terms with his former colleagues in England. Where Dale differs from naturalists in South Carolina before him is that his motives for pursuing botany and for corresponding with English naturalists were located firmly in the New World. Such a conclusion forms a valuable, albeit small contribution to models for the development of national scientific cultures in the imperial world. Similarly, Dale's pursuit of botanical information in South Carolina provides a small amount of material with which to illustrate currently fashionable models for the mediated exchange and circulation of scientific knowledge.
Dr. Thomas Dale (1700-1750) was a British-trained physician, a judge, and author. Dale served as justice of the peace for Berkeley County in 1734-1737; was administrator of the slave detention workhouse overseer of the public slave markets and served one term in the Commons House representing the parish of St. Peter. He translated medical works, published poetry and wrote the prologue to first play ever performed at the Dock Street Theatre (The Recruiting Officer). Mary Dale died in childbirth in 1737 and is buried with her child at St. Philip's church.
1 reference
Dale, Thomas (ca. 1700-1750). Physician, author, entrepreneur. A native of England, Dale received his medical degree from Leiden. After an unsuccessful career as a physician in London, he immigrated to South Carolina in 1732. Dale arrived just as yellow fever began spreading in Charleston and his services were put to use immediately. A widower, he married well twice—improving his wealth and social status. He had a successful pharmaceutical and medical practice. He also operated a prosperous gin distillery. Throughout his life, Dale regarded himself as a participant in the transatlantic world of letters. He corresponded with and sent specimens to naturalists in England and Europe. Friends in England got his poetry and essays published in periodicals. Thomas Dale is best known today for his poems, his writings, and his witty letters.
0 references
Education: Brasenose College, Oxford University 1717-1720; University of Leyden 1721; MD 1723
Periodicals etc.: South Carolina Gazette (“The Case of Miss Mary Roche,” “The Puff; or, A Proper Reply to Skimmington's Last Crudities,” “Prologue to the Orphan . . . ,” “Prologue Spoken to the Orphan . . . ,” “Epilogue to the Orphan . . . ,” “The Congratulation. Humbly Address'd to the Rev. Mr. Whitefield on His 68 Preachments in Forty Days, with the Great and Visible Effect of Meat and Money that Ensued Therefrom, &c,”) 1735-40; GM (“Epilogue to the Recruiting Officer,”) 1736
Sitelinks
Wikipedia(0 entries)
Wikinews(0 entries)
Wikiquote(0 entries)
Wikisource(0 entries)
Wikivoyage(0 entries)
Other sites(1 entry)
- wikidatawiki Q102334020