Robert James

(1703-1776)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: James, R. (Robert), 1703?-1776 DNB: James, Robert (bap. 1703, d. 1776), physician and inventor of James's fever powder LBT ID: RoJames1776 VIAF ID: 64788920 LOC ID: n85024974	B/BAP: 1703-08-23 DIED: 1776-03-23
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
English physician, classmate of Samuel Johnson at Lichfield; his patent fever powder was responsible for the death of Oliver Goldsmith, among others.
REFERENCES TO Robert James: Smith, Horace, 1779-1849, “A Graybeard’s Gossip about his Literary Acquaintance. No. XIII” in New Monthly Magazine 82 (March 1848) 329-41 Found 1: ¶ 3