Edward Fryer, M.D. (1761–1826) was an English physician.
Life
Fryer was born at
Frome, Somerset
Frome ( ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in eastern Somerset, England. The town is built on uneven high ground at the eastern end of the Mendip Hills, and centres on the River Frome, Somerset, River Frome. The town, abou ...
. He was sent to the grammar school there, and then apprenticed to a general practitioner of medicine in Wiltshire. He studied medicine in London, Edinburgh, and Leyden, and graduated M.D. at the
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 Le ...
29 January 1785. He travelled in Europe until 1790, when he came to London, and was admitted a licentiate of the
Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination. Founded by royal charter from King Henry VIII in 1 ...
.
He became physician to the
Duke of Sussex
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, and resided in
Upper Charlotte Street
Charlotte Street is a street in Fitzrovia, historically part of the parish and borough of St Pancras, in central London. It has been described, together with its northern and southern extensions (Fitzroy Street and Rathbone Place), as the ''s ...
, where he died 9 January 1826.
Works
He attended
James Barry, the painter, in his last illness, and wrote his life, a work which was published in 1825.
References
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1761 births
1826 deaths
18th-century English medical doctors
19th-century English medical doctors
People from Frome
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