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Authorised form of nameListon; Robert (1794 - 1847)
Dates1794 - 1847
NationalityBritish
Place of birthEcclesmachan manse, Linlithgow, Scotland
Date of birth28 October 1794
Place of deathHis house in Clifford Street, London
Date of death07 December 1847
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Highgate Cemetery, London
OccupationSurgeon
ActivityCareer:
Professor of Surgery, University College, London (by 1840); Surgeon, University College Hospital, London (by 1840); Member of Council, Royal College of Surgeons (by 1840)
Memberships:
FRCS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election13/05/1841
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
G C Cook, 'Richard Dobson Kt MRCS FRS (1773-1847) and the inferior status of naval medicine in the early nineteeth century: End of the Fleet physicians' in NR 2005 pp 35-43
CodeNA7415
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1841/19Liston, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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