Barrett, William (1727
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J. H. Bettey
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William Barrett (1727?–1789), by William Walker, after Jan van Rymsdick, 1764
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Becket, William (1684–1738), surgeon and antiquary, was born at Abingdon, Berkshire. In the early years of the eighteenth century he was well known in London as a surgeon and an enthusiastic antiquary. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society on 11 December 1718 and read three papers on ...
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Harry Tapley-Soper
revised by Christine North
Brushfield, Thomas Nadauld (1828–1910), lunacy specialist and antiquary, the son of Thomas Brushfield of Derbyshire, JP and deputy lieutenant of the Tower of London, and his wife, Susanna Shipley, was born on 10 December 1828 and was baptized at Christ Church, Stepney, London...
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C. Bernard L. Barr
Burton, John (1710–1771), antiquary and physician, was born on 9 June 1710 at Colchester, the elder son of four children of John Burton (1669/70–1743), a merchant from London, and Margaret (1690/91–1713), daughter of the Revd John Leake, of Kirkthorpe or Warmfield, near Wakefield...
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Chauncey, Charles (1709–1777), physician and antiquary, born on 30 September 1709, was the eldest son of Charles Chauncey, a London citizen, son of Ichabod Chauncey; his mother was Martha, daughter of Philip Brown, of New Beckenham. He went to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge...
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Cowper, William (bap. 1701, d. 1767), physician and antiquary, was baptized at St Peter's, Chester, on 29 July 1701, the third child of the Revd John Cowper (1671–1718), of Overlegh, near Chester, vicar of Middlewich and fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, and Catherine (...
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Francis Drake (bap. 1696, d. 1771) by Philip Mercier, 1743 York City Art Gallery
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C. Bernard L. Barr
Drake, Francis (bap. 1696, d. 1771), antiquary and surgeon, was baptized in Pontefract on 22 January 1696, the son of Francis Drake (1654–1713), vicar of Pontefract and canon of York, and his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Dickson, town clerk of ...
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J. M. Blatchly
Fairfax, Nathaniel (1637–1690), physician and antiquary, was born on 24 July 1637 at the rectory of Rumburgh in Suffolk and baptized in the parish on 30 July, the fourth and youngest son of Benjamin Fayerfaxe (1592–1676), rector of Rumburgh, and his wife, Sarah...
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Marie-Louise Legg
Haliday, Charles (1789–1866), public health reformer and antiquary, was born at Carrick-on-Suir, co. Tipperary, the second son of William Haliday, an apothecary. In 1809 he was sent by his father to London to work as a clerk in Lubbock's Bank. He returned to ...
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Gordon Goodwin
revised by F. Horsman
Hunter, Christopher (bap. 1675, d. 1757), antiquary and physician, baptized on 8 July 1675, was the only son of Thomas Hunter (bap. 1637, d. 1685) of Medomsley, Durham, and his second wife, Margaret Readshaw (c.1653–1676). He was educated at the free grammar school of ...
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C. W. Sutton
revised by D. R. Woolf
Kuerden [Keurden; formerly Jackson], Richard (b. 1623, d. c.1702), antiquary and physician, was born at Cuerden, near Preston, Lancashire, the son of Gilbert Jackson, sometimes known as Kuerden or Keurden (d. 1662) and his wife, Ann Leyland. He was possibly the ...
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W. A. J. Archbold
revised by H. C. G. Matthew
Lloyd, Ridgway Robert Syers Christian Codner (1842–1884), physician and antiquary, born at Devonport on 20 December 1842, was the son of Francis Brown Lloyd, a west country doctor, who afterwards took orders, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of George Christian. He was educated at ...
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A. H. Millar
revised by Jonathan Andrews
Mitchell, Sir Arthur (1826–1909), commissioner in lunacy for Scotland and antiquary, born at Elgin, Moray, on 19 January 1826, was the son of George Mitchell, CE, and his wife, Elizabeth Cant. He was educated at Elgin Academy and graduated MA at Aberdeen University...
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Mortimer, Cromwell (c. 1693–1752), physician and antiquary, born in Essex, was the second of the four sons (there were two daughters) of John Mortimer (1656?–1736), writer on agriculture and merchant, and his third wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Sanders of Derbyshire. He was educated under ...
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Alick Cameron
Musgrave, William (1655–1721), physician and antiquary, was born on 4 November 1655, in Nettlecombe, Somerset, the third son of Richard Musgrave (d. 1686) of Nettlecombe, and Mary (1629–1683), daughter of George Bond. He was educated at Winchester College, being elected to a scholarship in 1669, and at ...
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Clare O'Halloran
O'Halloran, Sylvester (1728–1807), surgeon and antiquary, was born on 31 December 1728 at Caherdavin, co. Clare, Ireland, the third son of Michael O'Halloran, a substantial farmer, and Mary McDonnell. He attended a school in Limerick run by the Revd Robert Cashin and was taught Irish by the Jacobite poet ...
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Giles Hudson
Parsons, James (1705–1770), physician and antiquary, was born in March 1705 at Barnstaple, Devon. He was brought up in Ireland, his father having received the appointment of barrackmaster at Bolton. Parsons received his general education in Dublin and acted for a short time as tutor to ...
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