Sir Noah Thomas FRS FRCP (1720 – 17 May 1792) was a Welsh physician who was

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to King George III. He was a fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians, and a

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. Thomas was born in

Neath Neath (; cy, Castell-nedd) is a market town and Community (Wales), community situated in the Neath Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a po ...

, Glamorganshire, the son of Hophni Thomas, master of a merchant vessel. He was educated in Oakham, Rutland, and

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. Thomas was the occupant, in 1780, of

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.''Cannon Hall''.
Glentree, 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2015. He was

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in 1775. He died in

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in 1792.

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1720 births 1792 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Knights Bachelor People from Neath 18th-century Welsh medical doctors Physicians-in-Ordinary {{UK-med-bio-stub