| Authorised form of name | Terne; Christopher (1620 - 1673); physician |
| Other forms of surname | Tearne |
| Dates | 1620 - 1673 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Rochester, Kent, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | 1620 |
| Place of death | Lime Street, London, England, Europe |
| Date of death | 1 December 1673 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
St Andrew's Undershaft church, London, England, Europe |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
Mr Chapman's School at Rochester, Kent; St John's College, Cambridge (BA 1640; MA 1643); University of Leiden (admitted 1647; MD); Incorporated at Cambridge and then Oxford (1650)
Career:
Assistant Physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London (1653-1669); Lecturer on Anatomy to the Barber Surgeons' Company (1656); Harveian orator at RCP (1662/3)
Memberships:
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1655)
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| Proposer | William Croone |
| Relationships | Parents: Nathaniel Terne
Married: Susan Borne
Children: Henrietta Browne; father-in-law to Edward Browne (FRS 1668) |
| OtherInfo | Terne's lectures on anatomy were well-received by contemporaries, such as Samuel Pepys (FRS 1665). Many are still held within the Sloane collection at the British Library. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; Foster; ODNB
Notes:
The election date is Terne's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously elected on 8 October 1662 and admitted into the Society on 22 October 1662. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/255675899 |
| Code | NA6134 |