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Ives, Edward (1719–1786), naval surgeon and traveller  

J. K. Laughton

revised by Elizabeth Baigent

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Ives, Edward (1719–1786), naval surgeon and traveller, was born in Lymington, Hampshire, on 9 February 1719; of his early life little is known save that he had at least one sister, Gatty. He served in the navy as surgeon of the Dragon initially in the ...

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Oudney, Walter (1790–1824), naval surgeon and traveller in Africa  

Elizabeth Baigent

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Oudney, Walter (1790–1824), naval surgeon and traveller in Africa, was born in December 1790 to humble parents, in Edinburgh. With some medical knowledge he became a surgeon's mate on a man-of-war, was appointed assistant surgeon and then surgeon in 1810, and was stationed in the ...

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Spry, Henry Harpur (1804–1842), army surgeon and writer on India  

Katherine Prior

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Spry, Henry Harpur (1804–1842), army surgeon and writer on India, second son of Jeffery Spry (d. 1829) of the excise and his wife, Philadelphia, daughter of Joseph Knight of Bodrean, was born at Truro Vean, Cornwall, on 6 January 1804.

Spry trained in ...