Abdurahman, Abdullah (1872–1940), political leader and physician, was born on 18 December 1872 in Wellington, a country town in south-western Cape Colony, the eldest son of the nine children of Abdul Arraman (also known as Rahman), small trader and civic figure, who was a patron of ...
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Abdurahman, Abdullah (1872–1940), political leader and physician
Bill Nasson
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Abercrombie, John (1780–1844), physician
Nick Hervey
Abercrombie, John (1780–1844), physician, eldest of four sons of the Revd George Abercrombie and his second wife, Barbara Morice, was born on 10 October 1780 in Aberdeen, where his father was parish minister of East Church, and exerted a powerful influence on his religious and moral upbringing. ...
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Abercromby, David (d. 1701?), physician and philosopher
Paul Tomassi
Abercromby, David (d. 1701
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Acland, Sir Henry Wentworth, first baronet (1815–1900), physician
Robert Fox
Acland, Sir Henry Wentworth, first baronet (1815–1900), physician, was the fifth of the nine children and the fourth son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, tenth baronet (1787–1871), and Lydia Elizabeth Hoare (d. 1856). Born at the family home of Killerton, at Broadclyst...
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Acland, Sir Henry Wentworth, first baronet (1815–1900)
Maker: Julia Margaret Cameron
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Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, first baronet (1815–1900) by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1867 Royal Photographic Society; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
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Adair, James Makittrick (1728–1801), physician
W. P. Courtney
revised by Michael Bevan
Adair, James Makittrick (1728–1801), physician, was born James Makittrick, the son of James Makittrick, a physician in Ayr, and Miss Adair (b. 1700), the daughter of Miss Dunbar and Robert Adair of Maryport Farm, Kirkmaiden, Mull of Galloway. His brother John practised medicine in ...
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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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Adams, George Fowler (1916–2012), geriatrician
Michael John Denham
Adams, George Fowler (1916–2012), geriatrician, was born on 25 January 1916 at Bridge House, Aberford, near Leeds, the fourth of seven children of Henry Adams, a bank inspector and an Ulster Scot, and his wife, Dorothea Jane, née Whitehouse, a Lancastrian and daughter of the director of a firm of calico printers. At the time of his birth registration the family lived at ...
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Adams, Joseph (1756–1818), physician
Jean Loudon
Adams, Joseph (1756–1818), physician, was born on 20 July 1756, the youngest of the three sons of Joseph Adams (1725?–1783), an apothecary in Basinghall Street, London, and his wife, Susannah, daughter of Timothy Rogers. He was educated to succeed his father, studying in ...
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Addenbrooke, John (bap. 1681, d. 1719), physician and benefactor
John Woodward
Addenbrooke, John (bap. 1681, d. 1719), physician and benefactor, was born at Kingswinford in Staffordshire, and baptized on 13 June 1681 at the parish church in West Bromwich, the only son of Samuel Addenbrooke, vicar of West Bromwich, and Matilda Porry of Wolverhampton...
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Addington, Anthony (1713–1790), physician
Francis Espinasse
revised by Claire L. Nutt
Addington, Anthony (1713–1790), physician, born on 13 December 1713, was the youngest son of Henry Addington (1659–1729), gentleman, of Twyford, Oxfordshire, and his second wife, Elizabeth (c.1670–1746), eldest daughter of Anthony and Joanna Watts of Sulgrave, Northamptonshire. He was sent as a scholar to ...
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Addison, Thomas (1795–1860)
Maker: Alfred Hone
Thomas Addison (1795–1860) by Alfred Hone, 1838 by permission of the Royal College of Physicians, London; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
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Addison, Thomas (1795–1860), physician
N. G. Coley
Addison, Thomas (1795–1860), physician, was born in April 1795 at Long Benton, near Newcastle upon Tyne, the younger son of Joseph Addison (1756–1823), a grocer and flour dealer, and his wife, Sarah, née Shaw (1761–1841). Educated privately and at Newcastle grammar school, Addison...
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Adelmare, Cesare (d. 1569)
See Caesar [formerly Adelmare], Sir Julius
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Adelstein, Abraham Manie [Abe] (1916–1992), occupational physician and medical statistician
Richard Doll
Adelstein, Abraham Manie [Abe] (1916–1992), occupational physician and medical statistician, was born on 28 March 1916 at Trichard, eastern Transvaal, South Africa, the fourth of five children (four boys and one girl) of Nathan Adelstein, miller in Trichard, and Rosie Cohen, both Jewish immigrants from ...
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Aikin, John (1747–1822), physician and writer
Marilyn L. Brooks
Aikin, John (1747–1822), physician and writer, was born on 15 January 1747 at Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, the younger child and only son of John Aikin (1713–1780), theologian, and his wife, Jane Jennings (1714–1785). He had an elder sister, who, under her married name of ...
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Aikin, John (1747–1822)
Maker: George Engleheart
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John Aikin (1747–1822) by George Engleheart, pubd 1823 (after Wright) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Ainslie, Henry (1760–1834), physician
Norman Moore
revised by Patrick Wallis
Ainslie, Henry (1760–1834), physician, the second son of James Ainslie, a physician of Kendal, was born on 21 March 1760 at Carlisle, Cumberland. After a sound education in Kendal he entered Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1777; he was senior wrangler and second Smith's prizeman in 1781, and became a fellow of his college in 1782. In 1787 he obtained the university licence to practise physic and was elected physician to ...
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Akenside, Mark (1721–1770), poet and physician
Robin Dix
Akenside, Mark (1721–1770), poet and physician, was born on 9 November 1721 in Butcher Bank, St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, the sixth of seven children of Mark Akenside (b. 1676), butcher, and his wife, Mary (1685–1760), daughter of William Lumsden. He was baptized on 30 November in the nonconformist meeting-house which his parents attended in ...
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Akenside, Mark (1721–1770)
Maker: Edward Fisher
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Mark Akenside (1721–1770) by Edward Fisher, 1772 (after Arthur Pond, 1754) © National Portrait Gallery, London
