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John Ayrton Paris
1785–1856
A respected British physician and medical writer, he is often remembered today for his connection to the thaumatrope and for helping make scientific ideas more accessible to a wider public.
8 Audiobooks
The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 1 (of 2)
by John Ayrton Paris
Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of Popular Toys and Sports
by John Ayrton Paris
The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 2 (of 2)
by John Ayrton Paris
A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End Comprehending the topography, botany, agriculture, fisheries, antiquities, mining, mineralogy and geology of West Cornwall
by John Ayrton Paris
Pharmacologia Fourth American, from the Seventh London Edition
by John Ayrton Paris
Medical Jurisprudence, Volume 1 (of 3)
by John Ayrton Paris, J. S. M. (John Samuel Martin) Fonblanque
Medical Jurisprudence, Volume 2 (of 3)
by John Ayrton Paris, J. S. M. (John Samuel Martin) Fonblanque
Medical Jurisprudence, Volume 3 (of 3)
by John Ayrton Paris, J. S. M. (John Samuel Martin) Fonblanque
About the author
Born in 1785, John Ayrton Paris built a distinguished career as a British physician, later becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society. He also served as president of the Royal College of Physicians, reflecting the high regard he earned within nineteenth-century medicine.
Paris wrote on medical and scientific subjects for both professional and general readers. He is especially associated with the thaumatrope, a popular optical toy linked to early experiments in visual illusion, and he was known as a lively lecturer as well as an author.
His career connected medicine, chemistry, and public science at a time when those fields were rapidly changing. That mix of practical medical work and curiosity about how science could be explained clearly still makes him an appealing figure today.