Thomas Richard Allinson (1858–1918) by Ray, pubd 1911 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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T. A. B. Corley
Allinson, Thomas Richard (1858–1918), dietitian and businessman, was born at 43 Rumford Street, Hulme, Lancashire, on 29 March 1858, the son of Thomas Allinson, a bookkeeper, and his wife, Ellen (formerly Sims). He left school at fifteen and, aiming to be a doctor, he subsidized his studies by becoming a chemist's assistant. In 1879 he graduated LRCP (...
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Chamberlen, Hugh, the elder (b. 1630x34, d. after 1720), physician and economist, the eldest son of Peter Chamberlen (1601–1683), and his wife, Jane, eldest daughter of Sir Hugh Myddelton, was born in the parish of St Anne, Blackfriars, London, between 1630 and 1634. ...
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Chetham, Humphrey (bap. 1580, d. 1653), financier and philanthropist, the sixth child of Henry Chetham (c.1540–1603) of Crumpsall Hall, near Manchester, and his wife, Jane (c.1542–1616), the daughter of Robert Wroe of Heaton, was born at Crumpsall Hall, and baptized at ...
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Sir Richard Glyn, first baronet (bap. 1711, d. 1773) by Johan Zoffany, 1769 private collection; photograph: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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Glyn, Sir Richard, first baronet (bap. 1711, d. 1773), drysalter and banker, was baptized on 13 June 1711 at the church of St Andrew, Holborn, London, the second son of Robert Glyn (1673–1746), an oilman and drysalter of Hatton Garden, London, and his wife, ...
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Guerden, Aaron (c. 1602–1676
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Hall, Charles (1739–1827), physician and social and economic theorist, was born at Salcombe Regis, Devon, on 9 March 1739, the fifth of eight children of Joseph Hall, vicar of Salcombe, and his wife, Honour. Unusually, as he was at least nominally a protestant, in ...
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Hobday, Sir Gordon Ivan (1916–2015), chemist, pharmacologist, and businessman, was born at 33 Harrington Street, New Sawley, Derbyshire, on 1 February 1916, the son of Alexander Thomas Hobday (1887–1970), lace card punch operator, and his wife, Frances Cassandra, née Meads (...
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Christopher Fyfe
Horton, (James) Africanus Beale (1835–1883), army medical officer and political economist, was born in Gloucester village, Sierra Leone, on 1 June 1835, the son of James Horton (c.1791–1867), a carpenter, and his wife, Nancy. Both were of Igbo descent, members of the recaptive community, liberated there from slavery. ...
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Arnold Kellett
Inman, Philip Albert, Baron Inman (1892–1979), hospital administrator and businessman, was born at Kirkgate, Knaresborough, in Yorkshire, on 12 June 1892, the son of Philip Inman (1823–1894), rate collector, and his second wife, Hannah Bickerdike (1856/7–1923/4). His birthplace was a whitewashed thatched cottage opposite the parish church, where generations of ...
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Anthony J. Culyer
Maynard, Alan Keith (1944–2018), health economist, was born on 15 December 1944 at the maternity home in Poulton-cum-Spital, Wirral, the son of Edward Joseph Maynard (1913–2001), a lorry driver, later a shoe buyer, and his wife Hilda Marion, née McCausland (...
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Mendes, Fernando Moses (1647–1724), physician and entrepreneur, was born at Trancoso, Beira Alta, Portugal, into a wealthy family of New Christian merchants and officials. He was one of the ten children of António Jacob Mendes da Costa (d. 1716), a merchant, and ...
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Kirit Patel (1949–2016), by Jason Alden, 2015
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Patel, Kirit Chimanbhai Tulshibhai (1949–2016), pharmacist and entrepreneur, was born on 29 December 1949 in Kisumu, Kenya, the son of Chimanbhai Patel (d. 1974), shopkeeper and entrepreneur, and his wife, Shantanben. His father ran a successful hardware shop and was able to send ...
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Brian Edwards
Peach, Sir Harry Leonard [Len] (1932–2016), businessman and health service administrator, was born on 17 December 1932 at the maternity hospital in Bloxwich, Walsall, the son of Harry Peach (1909–1985), a core maker for metal castings, and his wife, ...
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Stewart, William (1830–1916), medical practitioner and businessman in Paraguay, was born at Pitcairn, Grandtully, Perthshire, on 6 August 1830, the son of William Stewart (d. 1873) and his wife, Catherine, née Macfarlane. He attended school in London, then studied at Perth Academy...
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Worsley, Benjamin (1617/18–1677), physician and projector, was the eldest son of Francis Worsley of Kenton, Warwickshire, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Shipman Hopkins of Coventry. He was probably brought up in London. The only certain detail concerning his formal education is his admission as a pensioner at ...
