Surgeon and anatomist. Born Norfolk. Studied at St Thomas's. 1800 he was appointed surgeon to Guy's Hospital. Fellow of the Royal Society. Professor of comparative anatomy to the Royal College of Surgeons. Died at his surgical practice in Conduit Street, and is buried in the chapel of Guy's Hospital. In his will he endowed an essay competition at Guy's.
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Sir Astley Paston Cooper
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Keats House at Guy's - bust 4 - Astley Paston Cooper
Apologies for the lack of focus on this one - partly due to the carving being...
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Royal Northern Hospital
Founded in 1856 by Dr. Sherard Freeman Statham (dismissed from University College Hospital for smacking a patient's bottom) at 11 York Road (later York Way), and expanded into numbers 9 and 10. 18...
10 memorials
Sir Archibald McIndoe
Born Dunedin, New Zealand. Pioneering plastic surgeon who worked for the Royal Air Force during World War II, treating badly burnt aircrew. Appointed C.B.E. in 1944. Knighted 1947. Helped found ...
1 memorial
T. E. Walsby
District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District, 1915-1948. Officer in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Dr. Frederick Montague Miller
Twice Mayor of Hackney. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched Miller and found this photo: Frederick Montague Miller was born in 1848 in Hackney, the son of Claudius Montague Miller and Eliz...
1 memorial
Dr. Margery Blackie
Homeopathic physician. Born Hertfordshire, daughter and niece of homeopaths. In 1969 appointed physician to the Queen. Dr Blackie seems to bear a great deal of responsibility for the wider accep...
1 memorial
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