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Authorised form of namePearson; John (1758 - 1826)
Dates1758 - 1826
NationalityBritish
Place of birthConey Street, York, Yorkshire, England
Date of birth03 January 1758
Date of death12 May 1826
OccupationSurgeon
ActivityEducation:
Pupil of William Hey of Leeds (for 3 years)
Career:
Worked at St George's Hospital, London (from 1780), and at the anatomical school of John Hunter; House Surgeon, the Lock Hospital (1781) and was Surgeon there for 36 years; Surgeon to the public dispensary, Carey Street; Wrote 'Principles of surgery' (1788), 'Practical observations on cancerous complaints' (1793), 'The life of William Hey' (1822)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election24/03/1803
RSActivityLectures:
Croonian 1803, 1806
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/25030220
CodeNA1471
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
L&P/12/59Paper, 'Of muscular motion' [Croonian Lecture] by John Pearson1803
L&P/12/108Paper, 'An account of two mummies of the Egyptian Ibis' by John Pearson1805
EC/1802/17Pearson, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
AP/7/10Unpublished paper, 'The Croonian Lecture' by John Pearson[1806]
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