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Authorised form of nameFayrer; Sir; Joseph (1824 - 1907); surgeon
Dates1824 - 1907
NationalityBritish
Place of birthPlymouth, Devon, England
Date of birth06 December 1824
Place of deathFalmouth, Cornwall
Date of death19 or 21 May 1907
OccupationPhysician; Surgeon
ActivityEducation:
MD (Rome), MD (1858, Edinburgh)
Career:
Charing Cross Hospital; visited the Continent; entered the Indian Army and served for 45 years; was in England (1858); returned to India (1859); travelled in India with the Duke of Edinburgh (1870) and with the Prince of Wales (1876); Honorary Physician to Queen Victoria; President of the Indian Medical Medical Board; Member of the Senate of the Army Medical School, Netley; Member of the Army Sanitary Commission
Honours:
CSI 1868; KCSI 1876; Bt 1896
Memberships:
MRCS (1847); FRCS (1878); FRCP; FRSE
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/06/1877
RelationshipsSon of Robert John Fayrer RN and his wife Agnes, daughter of Richard Wilkinson of Westmorland
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1908 vol 80 pp lxvi-lxx signed by L B
Notes:
DNB gives date of death as 21 May 1907.
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/419149106019168490749
CodeNA6458
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1877/05Fayrer, Sir Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/001400Fayrer, Sir Josephnd
NLB/2/520Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Joseph Fayrer, Fellow of the Royal Society26 July 1888
NLB/6/766Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Joseph Fayrer, Fellow of the Royal Society11 July 1892
NLB/11/741Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons 28 September 1895
NLB/11/362Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Joseph Fayrer, Fellow of the Royal Society15 June 1895
NLB/9/518Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Joseph Fayer, Fellow of the Royal Society30 May 1894
NLB/13/116Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Joseph Fayrer, Fellow of the Royal Society15 June 1896
NLB/13/310Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Joseph Fayrer, Fellow of the Royal Society23 July 1896
NLB/14/522Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Joseph Fayrer, Fellow of the Royal Society24 March 1897
NLB/16/767Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Joseph Fayrer, Fellow of the Royal Society 2 June 1898
NLB/20/405Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Joseph Fayrer, [Fellow of the Royal Society]23 April 1900
NLB/20/530Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Joseph Fayrer, Fellow of the Royal Society15 May 1900
NLB/35/348Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Lieutenant Colonel Fayrer, Belfield, Falmouth[22 May 1907]
NLB/35/351Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons22 May 1907
NLB/35/418Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton, Fellow of the Royal Society31 May 1907
NLB/39/313Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir T Lauder Brunton, Fellow of the Royal Society1 January 1909
MC/23/74Letter from [Thomas] Lauder Brunton, 10 Stratford Place, Cavendish Square, to the Secretaries of The Royal Society23 December 1908
IM/Maull/001375Fayrer, Sir Joseph1893
IM/Maull/001376Fayrer, Sir Josephnd
NLB/2/528Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Joseph Fayrer, Fellow of the Royal Society27 July 1888
NLB/13/398Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], Sir Joseph Fayrer, Dr William Huggins, William Crookes 18 August 1896
NLB/12/236Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir Joseph Fayrer, Fellow of the Royal Society, Falmouth Hotel, Falmouth10 January 1896
AP/62/8Unpublished paper, 'Observations on the influence of certain culture fluids and medicinal reagents on the growth and development of Bacillus tuberculosus [Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Koch bacillus]' by C [Charles] Theodore Williams1883
MC/23/68Letter from [Thomas] Lauder Brunton, 10 Stratford Place, Cavendish Square, to [Robert] Harrison, [The Royal Society]8 June 1908
MC/23/66Letter from [Thomas] Lauder Brunton, 10 Stratford Place, Cavendish Square, to [Robert] Harrison, [The Royal Society]31 January 1908
MC/15Volume 15 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1889-1892
MC/23Volume 23 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1908
HS/19/272Letter, from Joseph Fayrer to [Walter White], the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society8 January 1874
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