Anderson, Louisa Garrett (1873–1943), surgeon and suffragette, was born at the house of her paternal uncle, 9 Lyndhurst Road, Hampstead, London, on 28 July 1873, the eldest of the three children and the only surviving daughter of James George Skelton Anderson (1838–1907), shipowner, and his wife, the pioneering physician ...
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Anderson, Louisa Garrett (1873–1943), surgeon and suffragette
Jennian Geddes
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Bartlett, Josiah (1729–1795), physician and revolutionary politician in America
Dennis M. Conrad
Bartlett, Josiah (1729–1795), physician and revolutionary politician in America, was born on 21 November 1729 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, the seventh and youngest child of Stephen Bartlett, a shoemaker, and his wife, Hannah Webster. Josiah had little schooling before being apprenticed to a relative, ...
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Collins, Sir William Job (1859–1946), ophthalmic surgeon and politician
Virginia Berridge
Collins, Sir William Job (1859–1946), ophthalmic surgeon and politician, was born on 9 May 1859 at 46 Gloucester Road, Regent's Park, London, the eldest of the four children of William Job Collins (1818–1884), surgeon and pharmacist, and his wife, Mary Anne Francisca Treacher (1824–1880)...
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Cooke, Elisha (1678–1737), politician and physician in America
William Pencak
Cooke, Elisha (1678–1737), politician and physician in America, was born on 20 December 1678 in Boston, Massachusetts, the only son of Elisha Cooke (1637–1715), also a physician and a long-time leader of the puritan or anti-prerogative faction in Massachusetts, and Elizabeth (1651–1715), daughter of ...
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Drake, James (bap. 1666, d. 1707), political and medical writer
Bridget Hill
Drake, James (bap. 1666, d. 1707), political and medical writer, was born in Cambridge and baptized on 4 December 1666 at the town's Great St Mary's Church, the son of Robert Drake, a solicitor. 'By the Care of an indulgent Father' he enjoyed '...
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Finch, Sir John (1626–1682), physician and diplomat
Sarah Hutton
Finch, Sir John (1626–1682), physician and diplomat, was the fourth of the seven children, and the youngest son, of Sir Heneage Finch (1580–1631), and his first wife, Frances, daughter of Sir Edmund Bell. His mother died in 1627. His father, speaker of the ...
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Foster, Balthazar Walter, first Baron Ilkeston (1840–1913), physician and politician
John Davis
Foster, Balthazar Walter, first Baron Ilkeston (1840–1913), physician and politician, was born on 17 July 1840 in Cambridge, the son of Balthazar Foster (1813–1862) of Beaulieu, Hampshire, and his wife, Marian (d. 1898), daughter of J. Green of Cambridge. His parents moved to ...
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Foster, Sir Michael (1836–1907), physiologist and politician
Terrie M. Romano
Foster, Sir Michael (1836–1907), physiologist and politician, was born in Huntingdon on 8 March 1836, the eldest child of the three sons and seven daughters of Michael Foster (1810–1880) and his wife, Mercy Cooper. Foster was the descendant of a line of nonconformist farmers in ...
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Hamilton, Margaret, Lady Belhaven and Stenton (b. in or before 1625, d. in or after 1694), royalist heroine and medical practitioner
Rosalind K. Marshall
Hamilton, Margaret, Lady Belhaven and Stenton (b. in or before 1625, d. in or after 1694), royalist heroine and medical practitioner, was the illegitimate daughter of James Hamilton, second marquess of Hamilton (1589–1625). It has been plausibly suggested that her mother was Anne...
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Hastings, Somerville (1878–1967), surgeon and politician
John Stewart
Hastings, Somerville (1878–1967), surgeon and politician, was born on 4 March 1878 in Boreham Road, Warminster, Wiltshire, the son of Henry George Hastings (1850?–1905), Congregationalist minister, and his wife, Ellen (née Ward). He was educated at Wycliffe College, and, on a medical scholarship, at ...
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Hill, Charles, Baron Hill of Luton (1904–1989), doctor, politician, and broadcaster
Asa Briggs
revised
Hill, Charles, Baron Hill of Luton (1904–1989), doctor, politician, and broadcaster, was born in Islington, London, on 15 January 1904, the youngest in the family of two sons and a daughter of Charles Hill, maker of pianoforte parts, who died in 1906, and his wife, ...
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Hood, Sir Alexander (1888–1980), army medical officer and colonial governor
John D. C. Bennett
Hood, Sir Alexander (1888–1980), army medical officer and colonial governor, was born on 25 September 1888 at 68 Easter Road, Leith, Edinburgh, the son of Alexander Hood, clerk, and his wife, Agnes Marshall, née Cunningham. He was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh...
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Jameson, Sir Leander Starr, baronet (1853–1917), medical practitioner and colonial administrator
Donal Lowry
Jameson, Sir Leander Starr, baronet (1853–1917), medical practitioner and colonial administrator, was born on 9 February 1853 at 5 Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, the youngest of eleven children of Robert William Jameson (1805–1868), writer to the signet, poet, playwright, radical freethinker, supporter of colonial settlement, and campaigner against slavery and the corn laws—and brother of ...
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Jones, Noble Wimberly (c. 1723–1805), physician and revolutionary politician in America
Edward J. Cashin
Jones, Noble Wimberly (c. 1723–1805), physician and revolutionary politician in America, was born in Lambeth, Surrey, the eldest child of Noble Jones (1702–1775) and his wife, Sarah Hack (c.1703–c.1752). In 1733 he accompanied his parents and younger sister Mary...
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Lord, Percival Barton (1808–1840), diplomatic agent and surgeon
Gordon Goodwin
revised by H. C. G. Matthew
Lord, Percival Barton (1808–1840), diplomatic agent and surgeon, was born at Cork. He was the son of John Lord, chaplain to an institution founded by the Kingston family at Mitchelstown, co. Cork, for the relief of decayed gentlewomen. After being taught by his father he went to ...
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Lucas, Charles (1713–1771), politician and physician
Sean J. Murphy
Lucas, Charles (1713–1771), politician and physician, was born on 16 September 1713 in co. Clare, a younger son of Benjamin Lucas (d. c.1727), a gentleman farmer of Ballingaddy, and Mary Blood. His great-grandfather, Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Lucas, was a Cromwellian officer who had been granted lands in ...
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MacNeven, William James (1763–1841), physician and Irish nationalist
David A. Wilson
MacNeven, William James (1763–1841), physician and Irish nationalist, was born on 21 March 1763 at Ballynahowne, near Aughrim in co. Galway, the eldest of the four children of James MacNeven, owner of a small estate, and Rosa Dolphin. His parents were Gaelic-speaking Catholics; according to family tradition, their ancestors had owned large tracts of land in the north of ...
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Martindale, Louisa (1872–1966), gynaecologist and suffragist
Sara Delamont
Martindale, Louisa (1872–1966), gynaecologist and suffragist, the elder daughter of William Martindale (1833/4–c.1874), a City of London businessman, and Louisa Spicer [see Martindale, Louisa (1839-1914)], his second wife, was born at Gainsborough Lodge, Leytonstone, London, on 30 October 1872. Her father was an evangelical Anglican, her mother a Congregationalist. ...
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McIntyre, Robert Douglas (1913–1998), Scottish nationalist and medical practitioner
Richard J. Finlay
McIntyre, Robert Douglas (1913–1998), Scottish nationalist and medical practitioner, was born in Dalziel, near Motherwell, on 15 December 1913, the third son of the Revd John E. McIntyre and his wife, Catherine Morison. Educated at Hamilton Academy and Daniel Stewart's College, McIntyre went on to study medicine at the universities of ...
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McNeill, Sir John (1795–1883), diplomatist and surgeon
H. M. Chichester
revised by H. C. G. Matthew
McNeill, Sir John (1795–1883), diplomatist and surgeon, born on the island of Colonsay, Argyll, Scotland, was the third of the six sons of John McNeill (1767–1846) of Colonsay and his wife, Hester McNeill (d. 1843) of Dunmore, and the brother of Duncan McNeill, ...
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