Authorised form of name | Cyprianus; Abraham (c 1656 - 1718); surgeon and physician |
Dates | c 1656 - 1718 |
Nationality | Dutch |
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe |
Date of birth | c 1656 |
Place of death | London, England, Europe |
Date of death | 26 April 1718 |
DatesAndPlaces | Baptism: Oudekerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe (7 January 1656) Marriage: Banns published on 25 February 1683 Burial: [Dutch Church] Austin Friars, London, England (2 May 1718) |
Occupation | Surgeon |
Activity | Education: 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 category | Fellow |
Date of election | 30/11/1700 |
Proposer | Sir Hans Sloane |
RSActivity | Recorded among the 'persons of other nations' on the society's rolls until 1713 (after which he is listed as British). |
Other Royal Society activity | Thought to have met John Locke (FRS 1668) through his membership of Collegium Privatum Amstelodamense, during Lock'e period of exile in the Netherlands. |
Relationships | Parents: Allardus Cyprianus and Sarah Beijerlant Spouse: Hillegonde Sara Aernouts |
OtherInfo | Renowned lithotomist |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; Jocher; Hirsch; Munk's roll; BIB; ODNB Notes: Proposed by Sir Hans Sloane |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/88839524 |
Code | NA6835 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
LBO/11B/31 | Copy letter from Abraham Cyprianus, Amsterdam, to Dr Sylvestre | 16 February 1695 |
EL/C2/28 | Extract of a letter, from Dr [Abraham] Cyprianus to Dr [Pierre] Sylvestre, dated at Amsterdam | February 1695 |