Abercromby, David (d. 1701
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Abercromby, David (d. 1701?), physician and philosopher
Paul Tomassi
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Adams [formerly Adam], Francis (1796–1861), physician and classical scholar
Vivian Nutton
Adams [formerly Adam], Francis (1796–1861), physician and classical scholar, was born on 13 March 1796 at Auchinhove, Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire, the son of James Adam, a small farmer and builder, and his wife, Elspet Black. He was educated at the parish school, winning a bursary to ...
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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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Alexander, Frederick Matthias (1869–1955)
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Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869–1955) by Anthony Ludovici, 1926 © Anthony Ludovici
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Altschul, Annie Therese (1919–2001), psychiatric nurse and teacher
Peter Nolan
Altschul, Annie Therese (1919–2001), psychiatric nurse and teacher, was born into a middle-class Jewish family in Vienna on 18 February 1919, the daughter of Ludwig Altschul and his wife Marie. Despite the early death of her father, she enjoyed an idyllic childhood, which was enriched by her close family and the access she had to a diverse range of cultural activities. Her mother encouraged interest in the arts, sciences, and humanities, but ultimately it was mathematics that she chose for her undergraduate studies at the ...
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Altschul, Annie Therese (1919–2001)
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Annie Altschul (1919–2001), by unknown photographer
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Anderson, Sir Hugh Kerr (1865–1928), physiologist and university administrator
J. F. Cameron
revised by Rachel E. Davies
Anderson, Sir Hugh Kerr (1865–1928), physiologist and university administrator, was born at Frognal Park, Hampstead, on 6 July 1865. His great-grandfather was a surgeon in the Royal Navy; his grandfather was a doctor at Peterhead, who died young, leaving a family. The second son, ...
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Anderson, William (1842–1900), anatomist and writer on art
Thomas Seccombe
revised by Mark Pottle
Anderson, William (1842–1900), anatomist and writer on art, was born on 18 December 1842 in London at the Eldon Arms, Queen Square, the son of William Henry Anderson, licensed victualler, and his wife, Ann, formerly Cattel. After attending the City of London School...
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Argentine, John (c. 1443–1508), physician and college head
Peter Murray Jones
Argentine, John (c. 1443–1508), physician and college head, was the most eminent of the first generation of Italian-trained doctors to return to a medical and academic career in England. He was born at Bottisham in Cambridgeshire, into a well-connected family; he entered Eton College...
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Askew, Anthony (bap. 1722, d. 1774), physician and book collector
M. J. Mercer
Askew, Anthony (bap. 1722, d. 1774), physician and book collector, was born in Kendal, Westmorland, where he was baptized on 7 May 1722, the son of Adam Askew, physician, and his wife, Anne Crackenthorp. In 1725 his family moved to Newcastle, where his father established a well-respected practice. ...
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Atkinson, James (1759–1839), surgeon and bibliographer
H. R. Tedder
revised by Michael Bevan
Atkinson, James (1759–1839), surgeon and bibliographer, the son of a medical practitioner and friend of Laurence Sterne, received his medical education as a pupil of Henry Cline of St Thomas's Hospital, London, and attended the lectures of Thomas Denman, physician-accoucheur to the Middlesex Hospital...
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Atkinson, James (1759–1839)
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James Atkinson (1759–1839) by William Etty, 1832 York Museums Trust (York Art Gallery)
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Babington, Benjamin Guy (1794–1866), physician and orientalist
J. F. Payne
revised by Michael Bevan
Babington, Benjamin Guy (1794–1866), physician and orientalist, the fourth son of the physician and mineralogist William Babington (1756–1833) and his wife, Martha Elizabeth Babington, was born on 5 March 1794 in Guy's Hospital when his father was resident apothecary there. Educated at Charterhouse School...
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Badham, Charles (1780–1845), physician and classical scholar
Thompson Cooper
revised by Patrick Wallis
Badham, Charles (1780–1845), physician and classical scholar, was born in London on 17 April 1780, the son of David Badham (bap. 1744, d. 1805) and his wife, Mary Hall (d. 1835). After receiving a sound classical education he entered ...
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Balfour, Francis (1744?–1818), surgeon and orientalist
Sidney Lee
revised by Elizabeth Baigent
Balfour, Francis (1744?–1818), surgeon and orientalist, was born in Edinburgh, the youngest of three sons of Arthur Balfour (1687–1746) of Fernie, Fife. He studied medicine in Edinburgh, graduating MD in 1767 with a dissertation De gonorrhoea virulenta. He entered the East India Company's...
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Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert (1929–2018)
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Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert (1929–2018), athlete, neurologist, and college head
Mel Watman and Alan Craft
Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert (1929–2018), athlete, neurologist, and college head, was born on 23 March 1929 at Millbrook, Sumner Road, Harrow, Middlesex, the younger child and only son of Ralph Bannister (1894–1971), a civil servant then serving as a technical officer in the ...
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Barham, Thomas Foster (1794–1869), physician and classical scholar
R. K. Webb
Barham, Thomas Foster (1794–1869), physician and classical scholar, was born at Hendon, Middlesex, on 10 September 1794, the eldest son of six children born to Thomas Foster Barham (1766–1844) and his wife, Mary Ann Morton. Among his brothers, William Foster Barham (1802–1845) was a writer, ...
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Barling, Sir (Harry) Gilbert, baronet (1855–1940), surgeon and academic administrator
L. G. Parsons
revised by Jeffrey S. Reznick
Barling, Sir (Harry) Gilbert, baronet (1855–1940), surgeon and academic administrator, the fourth son of William Barling (d. 1896), farmer and veterinary surgeon, of Newnham-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, and his wife, Eliza Sharpe, was born at Newnham-on-Severn on 30 April 1855. Barling was educated at a boarding-school at ...
