Farnham, Nicholas of (d. 1257), royal doctor and bishop of Durham, was a native of the south of England, probably of Farnham in Surrey. It is likely that he was born in the reign of Henry II, and before 1200 had started his academic career at ...
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Farnham, Nicholas of (d. 1257), royal doctor and bishop of Durham
R. M. Franklin
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Fraizer, Sir Alexander, first baronet (1607?–1681), physician and courtier
Helen M. Dingwall
Fraizer, Sir Alexander, first baronet (1607
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Knighton, Sir William, first baronet (1776–1836)
Maker: Charles Turner
Sir William Knighton, first baronet (1776–1836) by Charles Turner, pubd 1823 (after Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1822–3) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Knighton, Sir William, first baronet (1776–1836), courtier and physician
J. A. Hamilton
revised by Judith Schneid Lewis
Knighton, Sir William, first baronet (1776–1836), courtier and physician, son of William Knighton, was born at Bere Ferrers, Devon. His family had an estate at Grenofen, Whitchurch, Devon, but his father was disinherited, and, dying very early, left his widow in poverty. Knighton...
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Somerset, John (d. 1454), physician and courtier
Carole Rawcliffe
Somerset, John (d. 1454), physician and courtier, was a Londoner by birth. His origins are obscure, although he may have been related to Robert Somerset, a London draper active during the late fourteenth century. That his sister, Alice, became prioress of Wintney, Hampshire...
