John Harley (1833,

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, Shropshire – 9 December 1921,

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) was an English physician, geologist, and botanist. He gave the 1868

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and the 1889

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Biography

In the parish of Dawley Magna, John Harley was christened on 21 November 1833. He studied medicine at King’s College London and received his medical qualification in 1858. At King's College Hospital, he held house appointments and then in 1863 was appointed assistant physician. In 1871 he left King's College Hospital to join the staff of London's

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. There he began in 1871 as an assistant physician, in 1879 became a full physician, and in 1893 was created consulting physician. He also served at the

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. He retired in 1902 and for the remainder of his life resided in Pulburough. Some of his opinions of the origins of some diseases seemed contrary to what was known about bacteriology and pathology. He was widely known for his eccentric geniality with a fixed "habit of smiling, bowing, and vigorously shaking hands on every possible occasion with every acquaintance that he met." In 1881 he lived in

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with his wife Maria and their five children (four daughters and a son).England and Wales Census, 1881, p. 5, Piece/Folio 94/6, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,334 Harley was elected in 1863 a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and in 1867 a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He bequeathed his geological collection to the Ludlow Museum.

Selected publications

Articles

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.) * (See poison hemlock.) * (Sclermea is induration of cellular tissue.) * *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harley, John 1833 births 1921 deaths Alumni of King's College London 19th-century English medical doctors 20th-century English medical doctors British general practitioners Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians