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Authorised form of name	Terne; Christopher (1620 - 1673); physician
Other forms of surname	Tearne
Dates	1620 - 1673
Nationality	British
Place of birth	Rochester, Kent, England, Europe
Date of birth	1620
Place of death	Lime Street, London, England, Europe
Date of death	1 December 1673
DatesAndPlaces	Burial: St Andrew's Undershaft church, London, England, Europe
Occupation	Physician
Activity	Education: Mr Chapman's School at Rochester, Kent; St John's College, Cambridge (BA 1640; MA 1643); University of Leiden (admitted 1647; MD); Incorporated at Cambridge and then Oxford (1650) Career: Assistant Physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London (1653-1669); Lecturer on Anatomy to the Barber Surgeons' Company (1656); Harveian orator at RCP (1662/3) Memberships: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1655)
Membership category	Original Fellow
Date of election	20/05/1663
Proposer	William Croone
Relationships	Parents: Nathaniel Terne Married: Susan Borne Children: Henrietta Browne; father-in-law to Edward Browne (FRS 1668)
OtherInfo	Terne's lectures on anatomy were well-received by contemporaries, such as Samuel Pepys (FRS 1665). Many are still held within the Sloane collection at the British Library.
Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; Foster; ODNB Notes: The election date is Terne's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously elected on 8 October 1662 and admitted into the Society on 22 October 1662.
Virtual International Authority File	http://viaf.org/viaf/255675899
Code	NA6134

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