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Authorised form of nameGood; John Mason (1764 - 1827)
Dates1764 - 1827
NationalityBritish
Place of birthEpping, Essex, England
Date of birth25 May 1764
Place of deathShepperton, Middlesex
Date of death02 January 1827
OccupationPhysician; Surgeon
ActivityCareer:
Apprenticed to a surgeon at Gosport; attended lectures in London; joined an apothecary, Sudbury, Suffolk (1793); had knowledge of several languages and translated Lucretius (1805), Song of Songs (1803) and the book of Kob (1812); wrote 'Physiological system of nosology' (1820) and 'Study of medicine' (1822)
Memberships:
Corporation of Surgeons; LCP (1822)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election31/03/1808
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/47542843
CodeNA2655
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1808/01Good, John Mason: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/001700Good, John Masonnd
AP/2/10/2Unpublished painting, heifer with horny excrescences by T Prattard[early 19th century]
AP/2/10/1Unpublished manuscript, 'Account of a heifer that was covered with horny excrescences' by John Mason Good[early 19th century]
AP/2/10Unpublished paper, 'Account of a heifer that was covered with horny excrescences' by John Mason Good[early 19th century]
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