Samuel Foart Simmons,
PHYSICIAN,
Was a native of Sandwich. He was educated in France, and studied physic at Edinburgh and London. After visiting various parts of the continent, where he made the acquaintance of Haller at Berne, he settled in London, and became a member of the Learned Societies. He became sole Editor of the Medical Journal, and was the author of several medical works, and of a "Life of William Hunter." He gave great attention to mental disorders, and was consulted on the case of George III. He died in 1813.
[See "Gentleman's Magazine" 1813.]