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Authorised form of nameCyprianus; Abraham (c 1656 - 1718); surgeon and physician
Datesc 1656 - 1718
NationalityDutch
Place of birthAmsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
Date of birthc 1656
Place of deathLondon, England, Europe
Date of death26 April 1718
DatesAndPlacesBaptism: Oudekerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe (7 January 1656)
Marriage: Banns published on 25 February 1683
Burial: [Dutch Church] Austin Friars, London, England (2 May 1718)
OccupationSurgeon
ActivityEducation:
Amsterdam; Utrecht; MD (1680)
Career:
Practised in Amsterdam (1680-1693), in which period he performed some 1400 lithotomies; Professor of Anatomy, Surgery and Medicine at Frankeer (1693-1695); invited to London (1695) to perform a lithotomy on Thomas Millington, Surgeon to the King; set up a very successful practice in London
Memberships:
LRCP (1699)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/11/1700
ProposerSir Hans Sloane
RSActivityRecorded among the 'persons of other nations' on the society's rolls until 1713 (after which he is listed as British).
Other Royal Society activityThought to have met John Locke (FRS 1668) through his membership of Collegium Privatum Amstelodamense, during Lock'e period of exile in the Netherlands.
RelationshipsParents: Allardus Cyprianus and Sarah Beijerlant
Spouse: Hillegonde Sara Aernouts
OtherInfoRenowned lithotomist
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; Jocher; Hirsch; Munk's roll; BIB; ODNB
Notes:
Proposed by Sir Hans Sloane
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/88839524
CodeNA6835
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
LBO/11B/31Copy letter from Abraham Cyprianus, Amsterdam, to Dr Sylvestre16 February 1695
EL/C2/28Extract of a letter, from Dr [Abraham] Cyprianus to Dr [Pierre] Sylvestre, dated at AmsterdamFebruary 1695
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