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Charles Hastings (founder Of The British Medical Association)
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Charles Hastings may refer to: * Sir Charles Hastings, 1st Baronet (1752–1823), British Army officer *Sir Charles Abney-Hastings, 2nd Baronet (1792–1858), High Sheriff of Derbyshire and MP for Leicester, 1826–1831 *Sir Charles Hastings (English physician) (1794–1866), medical surgeon and a founder of the British Medical Association * Charles Hastings (Canadian physician) (1858–1931), obstetrician and public health pioneer *Charlie Hastings (1870–1934), baseball pitcher *Charles S. Hastings (1848-1932), American physicist See also *Sir Charles Hastings Doyle (1804–1883), British military officer and Lieutenant Governor in Canada *Hastings (name) Hastings is a surname of English and Irish origin, and is used also as a given name. Surnames As a surname Hastings may sometimes be a patronymic surname from the Anglo-Norman personal name ''Hasting'' (also ''Hastain''), but is usually a toponym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Hastings, 1st Baronet
General Sir Charles Hastings, 1st Baronet, GCH (12 March 1752 – September 1823) was a British Army officer. Family Hastings was the illegitimate son of Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon, and an unknown mother who was in fact a famous French courtesan, ''la demoiselle Lany'', "''danseuse de l'Opéra''". He was born in Paris on 12 March 1752 and brought up in England. He married Parnel Abney, the only daughter and heiress of Thomas Abney of Willesley Hall in Willesley, Derbyshire. Thomas Abney was the son of Sir Thomas Abney, Justice of the Common Pleas. Hastings had two sons, Charles, born on 1 October 1792, and Frank, who was born on 6 February 1794, and a daughter, Selina, who died young.Debrett's Baronetage of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Abney-Hastings, 2nd Baronet
Sir Charles Abney Hastings, 2nd Baronet (1 October 1792 – 30 July 1858) of Willesley Hall, Derbyshire was both High Sheriff of Derbyshire and an MP for Leicester from 1826 to 1831. Biography Abney-Hastings was the elder son of General Sir Charles Hastings, 1st Baronet, by the daughter and heir of Thomas Abney Esq. He was born in 1792, probably in Willesley The Gentleman's Magazine, 1858, accessed 12 July 2008 and succeeded his father in 1823, assuming, after his maternal grandfather, the additional name of Abney before that of Hastings, by Royal Licence 1 December 1823. It was a condition of an Abney ancestor that whoever received the manors took up the surname Abney.The Feudal History of the County of Derby, John Py ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Hastings (English Physician)
Sir Charles Hastings (11 January 1794 – 30 July 1866) was a medical surgeon and a founder of the British Medical Association, the BMA, (then known as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association) on 19 July 1832. He was also a notable lifelong philanthropist, investing his own money in new housing designed to improve public health and founding the Worcester Museum of Natural History. Birth and early life Charles Hastings was born at Ludlow in Shropshire, the ninth of 15 children born into the family of Rev. James Hastings (1756-1856), a clergyman who was rector of the church in Bitterley near Ludlow, but about to take up the position of incumbent at Martley in Worcestershire. It was in Worcestershire that he was educated and spent his formative childhood, attending Royal Grammar School Worcester. He was a younger brother of Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings. Charles was interested in natural history as a young boy and as he matured he was drawn towards the study of medicin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Hastings (Canadian Physician)
Charles John Colwell Orr Hastings (23 August 1858 in Markham Township, Canada – 17 January 1931 in Toronto) was an obstetrician and public health pioneer. Biography Dr. Hastings lost his daughter to typhoid because of contaminated milk. At that time, Toronto also had no sewage treatment, and used unchlorinated water from Lake Ontario Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the U.S. state of New York. The Canada–United States border sp .... In middle age, Hastings switched from a normal career in obstetrics to an outstanding one in public health. As Toronto's Medical Officer of Health (1910–29) Hastings crusaded to make Toronto the first city in Canada to pasteurize milk.Denmark instituted compulsory pasteurization in 1898 in an effort to limit the spread of tubercular disease. He introduced a safe water supply, eliminated pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Hastings
Charles Morton Hastings (November 11, 1870August 3, 1934) was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues in -. He would play for the Cleveland Spiders and Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati .... External links 1870 births 1934 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Cleveland Spiders players Pittsburgh Pirates players 19th-century baseball players Kansas City Cowboys (minor league) players Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Hartford Indians players Wooden Nutmegs players Worcester Hustlers players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Concord Marines players Baseball players from Ohio [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles S
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Hastings Doyle
Sir Charles Hastings Doyle (10 April 1803 – 19 March 1883) was a British military officer and he was the second Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia post Confederation and the first Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. Military career Born in London, England, the eldest son of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles William Doyle and Sophia Cramer Coghill, he attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and joined the army as an ensign of the 24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot on 23 December 1819. He was promoted to the ranks of lieutenant on 27 September 1822 and captain on 16 June 1825. He received a brevet as major on 28 June 1838. Rising through the ranks (Lieutenant Colonel in 1846,), he reached major-general in 1860. He was Colonel of the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot from 1868 to 1870. After service in the Crimean War, he was stationed in Nova Scotia and, during the American Civil War, resolved the Chesapeake Affair, which took place in Halifax. He then coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
