John Pearson, (3 January 1758, in

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– 12 May 1826, in

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) was a British

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in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. After an

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he studied under William Hey.Margaret DeLacy, ‘Hey, William (1736–1819)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200
accessed 26 Aug 2014
/ref> In 1780 he came to St. George's Hospital, London to work under John Hunter. He became house surgeon at Lock Hospital staying until 1818. He was also surgeon to the

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, Carey Street. His son

John Norman Pearson John Norman Pearson (1787–1865) of Tunbridge Wells and London was a prolific Victorian writer on religious subjects. Life Son of the surgeon John Pearson (1758–1826), born 7 December 1787, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. There ...

was an eminent

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. Pearson's library was sold at auction in London by Stewart, Wheatley & Adlard on 6 November 1826 (and five following days); a copy of the sale catalogue is held at Cambridge University Library (shelfmark Munby.c.151(12)).

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1758 births 1826 deaths Health professionals from York English surgeons Fellows of the Royal Society Medical doctors from Yorkshire {{UK-med-bio-stub 18th-century surgeons