Acland, Sir Henry Wentworth, first baronet (1815–1900), physician, was the fifth of the nine children and the fourth son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, tenth baronet (1787–1871), and Lydia Elizabeth Hoare (d. 1856). Born at the family home of Killerton, at Broadclyst...
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Acland, Sir Henry Wentworth, first baronet (1815–1900), physician
Robert Fox
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Addison, Thomas (1795–1860), physician
N. G. Coley
Addison, Thomas (1795–1860), physician, was born in April 1795 at Long Benton, near Newcastle upon Tyne, the younger son of Joseph Addison (1756–1823), a grocer and flour dealer, and his wife, Sarah, née Shaw (1761–1841). Educated privately and at Newcastle grammar school, Addison...
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Aikin, John (1747–1822), physician and writer
Marilyn L. Brooks
Aikin, John (1747–1822), physician and writer, was born on 15 January 1747 at Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, the younger child and only son of John Aikin (1713–1780), theologian, and his wife, Jane Jennings (1714–1785). He had an elder sister, who, under her married name of ...
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Akenside, Mark (1721–1770), poet and physician
Robin Dix
Akenside, Mark (1721–1770), poet and physician, was born on 9 November 1721 in Butcher Bank, St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, the sixth of seven children of Mark Akenside (b. 1676), butcher, and his wife, Mary (1685–1760), daughter of William Lumsden. He was baptized on 30 November in the nonconformist meeting-house which his parents attended in ...
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Alderson, Sir James (1794–1882), physician
Robert Harrison
revised by Michael Bevan
Alderson, Sir James (1794–1882), physician, was born in Hull on 30 December 1794, the fourth son of Dr John Alderson and his wife, Sarah Isabella (née Scott; d. 1805), and was baptized in the Bowl Alley Presbyterian Church, Hull, on 18 April 1795. He received his early education at the school of the ...
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Alexander, Frederick Matthias (1869–1955), originator of the Alexander technique and teacher
Malcolm Williamson
Alexander, Frederick Matthias (1869–1955), originator of the Alexander technique and teacher, was born on 20 January 1869 at Wynyard, north-west Tasmania, the eldest of seven children of John Alexander (1843–1936), farmer and blacksmith, and his wife, Betsy Brown (d. 1923), a nurse....
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Alison, William Pulteney (1790–1859), physician and social reformer
L. S. Jacyna
Alison, William Pulteney (1790–1859), physician and social reformer, born at Boroughmuirhead near Edinburgh on 12 November 1790, was the son of Archibald Alison (1757–1839), who was in charge of the Episcopal congregation in Edinburgh as well as being a noted author, and his wife, ...
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Allbutt, Sir (Thomas) Clifford (1836–1925), physician
H. D. Rolleston
revised by Alexander G. Bearn
Allbutt, Sir (Thomas) Clifford (1836–1925), physician, born at Dewsbury, Yorkshire, on 20 July 1836, was the only son of the Revd Thomas Allbutt, vicar of Dewsbury, and his wife, Marianne, daughter of Robert Wooler, of Dewsbury. Allbutt was sent to St Peter's School, York...
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Allen, John (1660?–1741), physician
J. F. Payne
revised by Anita McConnell
Allen, John (1660
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Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett (1836–1917), physician
M. A. Elston
Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett (1836–1917), physician, was born on 9 June 1836 at 1 Commercial Road, Whitechapel, London, the second of the nine children of Newson Garrett (1812–1893), grain merchant and maltster of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and his wife, Louisa (1813–1903), daughter of John Dunnell...
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Andree, John (1697/8–1785), physician
D. D. Gibbs
Andree, John (1697/8–1785), physician, was the co-founder of the London Hospital. Little is known of his origins except that he was probably descended from a Huguenot family named André, some of whom travelled to London from Geneva as refugees at the end of the sixteenth century. The paucity of documentation suggests that the family were of humble status. ...
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Arbuthnot [Arbuthnott], John (bap. 1667, d. 1735), physician and satirist
Angus Ross
Arbuthnot [Arbuthnott], John (bap. 1667, d. 1735), physician and satirist, was baptized on 29 April 1667 at Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire, on the north-east Scottish coast, near Stonehaven, the eldest son of Alexander Arbuthnott (c.1636–1691), minister of Arbuthnott, and Margaret, daughter of John Lammie (or Lamy)...
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Armstrong, John (1784–1829), physician
Anita McConnell
Armstrong, John (1784–1829), physician, was born on 8 May 1784 near Bishopwearmouth, co. Durham, the only surviving child of seven born to George Armstrong (d. 1815), superintendent of a glassworks at Ayres Quay, and his wife, Ann, née Robson (d. 1812)...
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Arnott, Neil (1788–1874), physician and public health reformer
Bill Luckin
Arnott, Neil (1788–1874), physician and public health reformer, the son of William Arnott, a manufacturer and farmer, and his wife, Ann Maclean, was born at Arbroath in Forfarshire, Scotland, on 15 May 1788. A Roman Catholic by upbringing, he was educated by his mother, at the parish school of ...
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Baillie, Matthew (1761–1823), morbid anatomist and physician
John Jones
Baillie, Matthew (1761–1823), morbid anatomist and physician, was born on 27 October 1761 at Shotts manse, Lanarkshire, the second but only surviving son of James Baillie (c.1722–1778) and his wife, Dorothea (c.1721–1806). They had an elder daughter, and also one younger, ...
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Baker, Sir George, first baronet (bap. 1723, d. 1809), physician
Norman Moore
revised by Richard Adair
Baker, Sir George, first baronet (bap. 1723, d. 1809), physician, was born at Modbury, Devon, and baptized there on 8 February 1723, the son of George Baker, vicar of Modbury, and his wife, Bridget (d. 1734), daughter of Stephen Weston, bishop of ...
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Balfour, George William (1823–1903), physician and cardiologist
G. A. Gibson
revised by Iain Milne
Balfour, George William (1823–1903), physician and cardiologist, was born at the manse, Sorn, Ayrshire, on 2 June 1823, the eighth of the thirteen children of Lewis Balfour DD and Henrietta Scott Balfour, third daughter of George Smith DD, the minister of Galston who was satirized by ...
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Bardsley, Sir James Lomax (1801–1876), physician
Stella Butler
Bardsley, Sir James Lomax (1801–1876), physician, the son of Edward and Elizabeth Bardsley, was born at George Street, Nottingham, on 7 July 1801. He studied medicine in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, where he was taught by the surgeon ...
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Barlow, Sir Thomas, first baronet (1845–1945), physician
Richard Aspin
Barlow, Sir Thomas, first baronet (1845–1945), physician, was born at Brantwood Fold, Edgworth, near Bolton, Lancashire, on 4 September 1845; he was the eldest of seven children of James Barlow (1821–1887) of Greenthorne, Edgworth, who established the cotton mills of Barlow and Jones...
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Barrowby, William (bap. 1682, d. 1758), physician
Kaye Bagshaw
Barrowby, William (bap. 1682, d. 1758), physician, the son of John Barrowby, physician, and his wife, Abigail, was baptized at St Lawrence Jewry, London on 15 December 1682. After studying at Eton College he entered Trinity College, Oxford, on 6 November 1699 and graduated BA (1703), MA (1706), MB (1709), and MD (1713). He married ...
