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Christopher Terne
Christopher Terne M.D. (also Tearne) (1620–1673) was an English physician. Life He was born in Cambridgeshire, entered the University of Leyden on 22 July 1647, and there graduated M.D. In May 1650 he was incorporated first at Cambridge and then at Oxford. He was examined as a candidate at the College of Physicians on 10 May 1650, and was elected a fellow on 15 November 1655. He was elected assistant physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital on 13 May 1653 and held office until 1669. He was appointed lecturer on anatomy to the Barber-Surgeons' Company in 1656, and in 1663 Samuel Pepys heard him lecture. He delivered the Harveian oration at the College of Physicians, in which, as in his lectures, he speaks reverently of William Harvey. He was one of the original Fellows of the Royal Society. Terne died at his house in Lime Street, London, on 1 December 1673, and was buried in St. Andrew's Undershaft. His library was sold on 12 April 1686 with that of Dr. Thomas Allen Thomas Allen m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The city of Cambridge is the county town. Following the Local Government Act 1972 restructuring, modern Cambridgeshire was formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of two administrative counties: Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely, comprising the Historic counties of England, historic county of Cambridgeshire (including the Isle of Ely); and Huntingdon and Peterborough, comprising the historic county of Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough, historically part of Northamptonshire. Cambridgeshire contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen. The county is now divided between Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council, which since 1998 has formed a separate Unitary authorities of England, unita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Leyden
Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, as a reward to the city of Leiden for its defence against Spanish attacks during the Eighty Years' War. As the oldest institution of higher education in the Netherlands, it enjoys a reputation across Europe and the world. Known for its historic foundations and emphasis on the social sciences, the university came into particular prominence during the Dutch Golden Age, when scholars from around Europe were attracted to the Dutch Republic due to its climate of intellectual tolerance and Leiden's international reputation. During this time, Leiden became the home to individuals such as René Descartes, Rembrandt, Christiaan Huygens, Hugo Grotius, Baruch Spinoza and Baron d'Holbach. The university has seven academic faculties and over fifty subject departments while housin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Of Physicians
A college of physicians is a national or provincial organisation concerned with the practice of medicine. {{Expand list, date=February 2011 Such institutions include: * American College of Physicians * Ceylon College of Physicians * College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba * College of Physicians & Surgeons of Mumbai * College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario * College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan * College of Physicians of Philadelphia * Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons * Lebanese Order of Physicians * Philippine College of Physicians * Royal Australasian College of Physicians of Australia and New Zealand * Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada * Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow * Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh * Royal College of Physicians of Ireland * Royal College of Physicians of London * Rwanda College of Physicians * West African College of Physicians and Surgeons West or Occident is one of the four cardi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys (; 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English diarist and naval administrator. He served as administrator of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament and is most famous for the diary he kept for a decade. Pepys had no maritime experience, but he rose to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and King James II through patronage, diligence, and his talent for administration. His influence and reforms at the Admiralty were important in the early professionalisation of the Royal Navy. The detailed private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 was first published in the 19th century and is one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period. It provides a combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events, such as the Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War, and the Great Fire of London. Early life Pepys was born in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, London, on 23 Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harveian Oration
The Harveian Oration is a yearly lecture held at the Royal College of Physicians of London. It was instituted in 1656 by William Harvey, discoverer of the systemic circulation. Harvey made financial provision for the college to hold an annual feast on St. Luke's Day (18 October) at which an oration would be delivered in Latin to praise the college's benefactors and ''to exhort the Fellows and Members of this college to search and study out the secrets of nature by way of experiment''. Until 1865, the Oration was given in Latin, as Harvey had specified, and known as the ''Oratio anniversaria''; but it was thereafter spoken in English. Many of the lectures were published in book form. Lecturers (incomplete list) 1656–1700 *1656 Edward Emily *1657 Edmund Wilson *1659 Daniel Whistler *1660 Thomas Coxe *1661 Edward Greaves *1662 Charles Scarburgh *1663 Christopher Terne *1664 Nathan Paget *1665 Samuel Collins *1666-1678 No Orations due to rebuilding following Great Fire of Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Harvey
William Harvey (1 April 1578 – 3 June 1657) was an English physician who made influential contributions in anatomy and physiology. He was the first known physician to describe completely, and in detail, the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and the rest of the body by the heart, though earlier writers, such as Realdo Colombo, Michael Servetus, and Jacques Dubois, had provided precursors of the theory. Family William's father, Thomas Harvey, was a jurat of Folkestone where he served as mayor in 1600. Records and personal descriptions delineate him as an overall calm, diligent, and intelligent man whose "sons... revered, consulted and implicitly trusted in him... (they) made their father the treasurer of their wealth when they acquired great estates...(He) kept, employed, and improved their gainings to their great advantage." Thomas Harvey's portrait can still be seen in the central panel of a wall of the dining room at Rolls Park, Chig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Society
The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, recognising excellence in science, supporting outstanding science, providing scientific advice for policy, education and public engagement and fostering international and global co-operation. Founded on 28 November 1660, it was granted a royal charter by King Charles II as The Royal Society and is the oldest continuously existing scientific academy in the world. The society is governed by its Council, which is chaired by the Society's President, according to a set of statutes and standing orders. The members of Council and the President are elected from and by its Fellows, the basic members of the society, who are themselves elected by existing Fellows. , there are about 1,700 fellows, allowed to use the postnominal title FRS (Fellow of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Allen (English Physician)
Thomas Allen may refer to: Clergy *Thomas Allen (nonconformist) (1608–1673), Anglican/nonconformist priest in England and New England * Thomas Allen (Dean of Chester) (died 1732) *Thomas Allen (scholar) (1681–1755), Anglican priest in England * Thomas Allen (Manx author) (1710–1754), Vicar of Maughold Parish and author of Manx carols * Thomas M. Allen (Missouri clergyman) (1797–1871), minister of the Disciples of Christ church * Thomas Allen (Dean of Achonry) (1873–1927) *Thomas Allen (chaplain), American Revolution chaplain Music *Thomas S. Allen (1876–1919), American composer *Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) (born 1944), British baritone singer *Tom Allen (broadcaster) (born 1964), trombonist and radio broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Politicians * Thomas Allen (Cavalier) (1603–1681), English MP for Middlesex *Sir Thomas Allen, 1st Baronet (c. 1633–1690), Lord Mayor of London *Tom Allen (Maine politician) (born 1945), U.S. Representative for Main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Bennet
Christopher Bennet (1617–1655) was an English physician, known as a writer on tuberculosis. __TOC__ Life Born in Somerset, he was the son of John Bennet of Raynton. He entered Lincoln College, Oxford in Michaelmas term 1632, graduating B.A. 24 May 1636, and M.A. 24 January 1639. Incorporated M.A. at Cambridge, he became M.D. there in 1646. On 11 September 1646 Bennett was admitted licentiate of the College of Physicians of London, on 16 July 1647 a candidate, and on 7 December 1649 a Fellow of the College, where he was censor in 1654. He practised first in Bristol, and then in London, where he acquired a reputation. Bennet's life was cut short by consumption, at the age of 38, on 30 April 1655. He was buried in St Gregory by St Paul's, London. Works Bennet is known for his treatise on consumption, ''Theatri Tabidorum Vestibulum''. It deals with various forms of wasting disease, concentrating more with what would be now called pathology than on treatment. It makes constant ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Browne (physician)
Edward Browne, FRS (1644 – 28 August 1708) was a British physician, and president of the College of Physicians. Life He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Browne and was born in Norwich in 1644. Educated at Norwich School and at Trinity College, Cambridge. he graduated M.B. at Cambridge in 1663, and then returned to Norwich. A journal of his early life survives, which gives an amusing picture of his activities, and of life in Norwich. It records that he often went to dances at the Duke's palace, admired the gems preserved there, and learnt to play ombre from the Duke's brother. He dissected nearly every day, studied botany, read medicine and literature and theology in his father's library, and saw at least one patient. "16 Feb. Mrs. Anne Ward gave me my first fee, ten shillings." A week after this significant event, Browne went to London. He attended the lectures of Dr. Christopher Terne, physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and married Terne's daughter Henrietta in 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1620 Births
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1673 Deaths
Events January–March * January 22 – Impostor Mary Carleton is hanged at Newgate Prison in London, for multiple thefts and returning from penal transportation. * February 10 – Molière's ''comédie-ballet'' '' The Imaginary Invalid'' premiers in Paris. During the fourth performance, on February 17, the playwright, playing the title rôle, collapses on stage, dying soon after. * March 29 – Test Act: Roman Catholics and others who refuse to receive the sacrament of the Church of England cannot vote, hold public office, preach, teach, attend the universities or assemble for meetings in England. On June 12, the king's Catholic brother, James, Duke of York, is forced to resign the office of Lord High Admiral because of the Act. April–June * April 27 – ''Cadmus et Hermione'', the first opera written by Jean-Baptiste Lully, premières at the Paris Opera in France. * May 17 – In America, trader Louis Joliet and Jesuit missionary-explo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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