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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Agnew, Sir James Willson (1815–1901), medical practitioner and politician in Tasmania
C. A. Harris
revised by Elizabeth Baigent
Agnew, Sir James Willson (1815–1901), medical practitioner and politician in Tasmania, born at Ballyclare, co. Antrim, Ireland, on 2 October 1815, was the son of James William Agnew, a physician, and Ellen Stewart, of Larne, co. Antrim. Educated for the medical profession at ...
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Anderson, Louisa Garrett (1873–1943), surgeon and suffragette
Jennian Geddes
Anderson, Louisa Garrett (1873–1943), surgeon and suffragette, was born at the house of her paternal uncle, 9 Lyndhurst Road, Hampstead, London, on 28 July 1873, the eldest of the three children and the only surviving daughter of James George Skelton Anderson (1838–1907), shipowner, and his wife, the pioneering physician ...
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Applebey, Mary Frances (1916–2012), civil servant and mental health campaigner
Nick Hervey
Applebey, Mary Frances (1916–2012), civil servant and mental health campaigner, was born on 14 July 1916 at Leyden House, Mortlake, Surrey, the elder daughter and eldest of three children of Malcolm Percival Applebey (1884–1957), chemistry tutor at St John's College, Oxford, and later research manager at ...
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Asher, Asher (1837–1889), physician and community worker
Kenneth E. Collins
Asher, Asher (1837–1889), physician and community worker, was born on 16 February 1837 in Glasgow, the first son of Philip Asher, son of Rabbi Zev Wolf of Lublin, and his wife, Hannah, a native of the Netherlands. From an early age he was an assiduous scholar of Jewish and secular subjects, winning prizes at ...
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Baker, Robert (1803–1880), surgeon and factory inspector
Margaret Pelling
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Baker, Robert (1803–1880), surgeon and factory inspector, was born on 15 August 1803 in York, the second son of John James Baker (1767–1840), druggist, of High Ousegate, York, and his wife, Hannah née Brogden (1773–1843). His career shows many parallels with that of the better-known ...
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Barrow, Samuel (1625?–1683), physician and lawyer of the army
A. L. Wyman
Barrow, Samuel (1625
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Bartlett, Josiah (1729–1795), physician and revolutionary politician in America
Dennis M. Conrad
Bartlett, Josiah (1729–1795), physician and revolutionary politician in America, was born on 21 November 1729 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, the seventh and youngest child of Stephen Bartlett, a shoemaker, and his wife, Hannah Webster. Josiah had little schooling before being apprenticed to a relative, ...
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Bell, Jacob (1810–1859), pharmacist and politician
Juanita Burnby
Bell, Jacob (1810–1859), pharmacist and politician, was born on 5 March 1810 at 338 Oxford Street, London, the eldest surviving son of John Bell (1774–1849), pharmacist, and his wife, Eliza (d. 1839), daughter of Frederick Smith, pharmacist of the Haymarket, London, and his wife, ...
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Bentham, Ethel (1861–1931), physician and politician
C. V. J. Griffiths
Bentham, Ethel (1861–1931), physician and politician, was born on 5 January 1861 at 82 King William Street, City of London, one of at least two daughters of William Bentham, an inspector and later general manager of the Standard Life Assurance Company, and his wife, ...
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Bland, William (1789–1868), medical practitioner and politician in Australia
Brian H. Fletcher
Bland, William (1789–1868), medical practitioner and politician in Australia, was born in London on 5 November 1789, the second son of Dr Robert Bland (1740–1816). William was said to have attended the Merchant Taylors' School, but this has not been confirmed. Certainly, he was drawn to medicine and on 6 January 1809 qualified as a surgeon's mate in the ...
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Bright, Herbert Christian Bankole- (1883–1958), medical practitioner and politician in Sierra Leone
Christopher Fyfe
Bright, Herbert Christian Bankole- (1883–1958), medical practitioner and politician in Sierra Leone, was born of Sierra Leonean parents on 23 August 1883 at Okrika (later in Nigeria), the son of Jacob Galba Bright (1843–1910), businessman, and his wife, Laetitia, née Williams (...
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Brooke, Humphrey (bap. 1618, d. 1693), physician and Leveller
Michael Bevan and P. R. S. Baker
Brooke, Humphrey (bap. 1618, d. 1693), physician and Leveller, was baptized on 29 March 1618 at St Mary Woolnoth, London, the son of Robert Brooke, gentleman, of London. He attended Merchant Taylors' School from 1632 to 1636, and matriculated from St John's College, Oxford...
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Browning [née Chadwick], Ethel (1891–1969), toxicologist and factory inspector
P. W. J. Bartrip
Browning [née Chadwick], Ethel (1891–1969), toxicologist and factory inspector, was born at Rose Mount, Ditton, near Widnes, Lancashire, on 17 March 1891, the second of three surviving daughters and one son of the eight children of William Chadwick (bap. 1856, d...
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Buchanan, Sir George (1831–1895), epidemiologist and civil servant
Anne Hardy
Buchanan, Sir George (1831–1895), epidemiologist and civil servant, was born on 5 November 1831 at Myddleton Square, Islington, London, the elder son of George Adam Buchanan, general practitioner, and his wife, Sarah Mary, daughter of Thomas Harrison. He was educated in London at ...
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Burke, Thomas (c. 1744–1783), physician and politician in America
William S. Powell
Burke, Thomas (c. 1744–1783), physician and politician in America, was born in co. Galway, Ireland. He was the son of Ulick Burke, a man of some education and of an Anglo-Irish protestant family that had lived in Ireland since the time of Henry II...
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Burrows, Sir John Cordy (1813–1876), surgeon and local politician
G. C. Boase
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Burrows, Sir John Cordy (1813–1876), surgeon and local politician, younger son of Robert Burrows, silversmith, of Ipswich, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of James Cordy of London, was born at Ipswich, Suffolk, on 5 August 1813. His elder brother, Robert Burrows (1810–1883), who entered the family business, became a noted artist and photographer in ...
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Cameron, Archibald (1707–1753), physician and Jacobite conspirator
Roger Turner
Cameron, Archibald (1707–1753), physician and Jacobite conspirator, was the fourth son of John Cameron (c.1663–1748), laird of Lochiel, and his wife, Isabel, daughter of Alexander Campbell of Lochnell, and the younger brother of Donald Cameron of Lochiel, who took a prominent part in the Jacobite rising of 1745. ...
