James Sims

(1741-1820)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sims, James, 1741-1820 DNB: Sims, James (1741–1820), physician LBT ID: JaSims1820 VIAF ID: 77776524 LOC ID: n85352388	B/BAP: 1741 DIED: 1820
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (June 1820) 567; DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Irish-born physician educated at Leiden; he was president of the Medical Society of London and conducted an autopsy on the body of Joanna Southcott.
REFERENCES TO James Sims: Robert Southey to Robert Gooch, 30 November 1814 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 4 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XIX. 1814-1815