Authorised form of name | Thomas; Honoratus Leigh (1769 - 1846) |
Dates | 1769 - 1846 |
Date of birth | 26 March 1769 |
Place of death | Belmont, Torquay, Devon |
Date of death | 26 June 1846 |
Occupation | Surgeon |
Activity | Education: Diploma (1794, Corporation of Surgeons) Career: Dresser to John Hunter; assistant to William Cumberland Cruickshank (FRS 1797); served as army and naval doctor; Assistant Surgeon to Lord Macartney's embassy, China (1792); volunteered for medical service with the Duke of York's army, Holland (1799); took over Cruickshank's practice, Leicester Place, London (1800) Memberships: College of Surgeons (Original Member)
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 16/01/1806 |
Relationships | Son of John Thomas of Hawarden, Flint; married the daughter of William Cumberland Cruikshank (FRS 1797); father of Edward Thomas (FRS 1871) |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1846 No 66 pp 640-641 |
Virtual International Authority File | 316879446 |
Code | NA6659 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1805/11 | Thomas, Honoratus Leigh: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
PT/4/5/2 | Plate, ['Anterior view of the heart and arteries, removed from the body'] by unknown artist | [1809] |
PT/4/5/1 | Manuscript, 'Description of an extraordinary human foetus' in a letter from Mr B [Benjamin] Gibson to H [Honoratus] Leigh Thomas | June 1809 |
PT/4/5 | Paper, 'Description of an extraordinary human foetus' in a letter from Mr B [Benjamin] Gibson to H [Honoratus] Leigh Thomas | June 1809 |