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Redfern, William (1774/5?–1833), convict surgeon and pastoralist in Australia  

Bryan Gandevia

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Redfern, William (1774/5?–1833), convict surgeon and pastoralist in Australia, had relatives in Londonderry, Wiltshire, and possibly Canada, but details are unknown. He acquired the diploma of the London Company of Surgeons in January 1797 and immediately joined HMS Standard as surgeon's first mate. Later that year he provided medical care and probably moral support to the mutineers at the ...

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Reid, Thomas (1791–1825), naval surgeon and prison reformer  

D'A. Power

revised by Michael Bevan

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Reid, Thomas (1791–1825), naval surgeon and prison reformer, was born at Eglish, near Dungannon, co. Tyrone, the third of five sons of Thomas Reid, a farmer at Cadian, who was convicted in July 1798 for involvement with the United Irishmen. His parents were of Scottish Presbyterian descent and he was given a classical education by a Presbyterian minister at ...