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Authorised form of nameThorne-Thorne; Sir; Richard (1841 - 1899)
Other forms of nameRichard Thorne-
Other forms of surnameThorne
Dates1841 - 1899
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLeamington, Warwickshire, England
Date of birth13 October 1841
Date of death18 December 1899
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
St John's, Woking, Surrey
OccupationPhysician
Research fieldPublic health
ActivityEducation:
Germany; France; St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. MB (Lond)
Career:
Worked with the Medical Department of the Privy Council; Principal Medical Officer, Local Government Board; published reports on public health; suffered from varicose veins and phlebitis; died of an embolism
Honours:
CB 1892; KCB 1897
Memberships:
FRCP
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election05/06/1890
RelationshipsSon of a banker
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 110-112 signed by W H P
CodeNA1345
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1890/15Thorne-Thorne, Sir Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/Maull/004588Thorne Thorne, Richard nd
NLB/4/727Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Reverend Dr John Kerr, Isaac Roberts, Jethro Justinian Harris Teall, Richard Thorne Thorne, and Walter Frank Raphael Weldon9 October 1890
NLB/5/805Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Richard Thorne Thorne, Local Government Board, Whitehall19 October 1891
NLB/5/853Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Richard Thorne Thorne, Local Government Board, Whitehall4 November 1891
NLB/9/737Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Richard Thorne Thorne, Fellow of the Royal Society6 July 1894
NLB/9/736Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir George Buchanan, [Fellow of the Royal Society]6 July 1894
NLB/16/146Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons11 February 1898
NLB/19/790Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons20 December 1899
NLB/19/844Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to the Executors of the late Sir Richard Thorne-Thorne, [Fellow of the Royal Society], 45 Inverness Terrace, W.6 January 1900
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