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Authorised form of nameHale; Richard (1670 - 1728)
Dates1670 - 1728
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBeckenham, Kent, England
Date of birth1670
Place of deathHampstead, Middlesex
Date of death26 September 1728
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
New Windsor, Berkshire
OccupationPhysician
ActivityEducation:
Trinity College, Oxford. BA (1693), MA (1695), BMed (1697), DMed (1701)
Career:
Practised in Oxford and then London; Physician to the Bethlehem and Bridewell Hopsitals (1708); he was known for his extreme kindness to his patients; declined a baronetcy and the post of Physician to George I; benefactor of the Royal College of Physicians
Memberships:
FRCP (1716)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/03/1721
RelationshipsSon of Richard Hale, gent, of Beckenham, Kent, and New Windsor, Berkshire
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster
References:
Jonathan Andrews, 'A Respectable Mad-Doctor? Dr Richard Hale, FRS (1670-1728)' in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 169-203, plate
Notes:
Proposed by Edmond Halley
CodeNA3796
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/390/190Bond of Richard Hale to the Treasurer of the Royal Society20 April 1721
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