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Authorised form of nameGrindall; Richard (1716 - 1797)
Dates1716 - 1797
Date of birth07 August 1716
Place of deathAustin Friars, London
Date of death30 April 1797
DatesAndPlacesBaptism:
Ware Parish Church (07 August 1716)
OccupationSurgeon
ActivityEducation:
Apprenticed to Thomas Goodman
Career:
Obtained the Freedom of the Barber Surgeons Company (1743); Assistant Surgeon, London Hospital (1750); Surgeon, London Hospital (1753); Surgeon Extraordinary to the Prince of Wales (later George IV) (1789)
Memberships:
Corporation of Surgeons (Master, 1775, 1782 and 1783)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/04/1758
RelationshipsSon of Dr Ralph Grindall of Ware; married (3 April 1744) the sister of Thomas Brand (FRS 1756), of The Hyde, Ingatestone, Essex, but the couple separated
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Notes:
Bulloch says his wife was Thomas Brand's daughter
CodeNA7071
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/001799Grindall, Richardnd
EC/1757/27Grindall, Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
L&P/3/270Letter, 'Of the efficiency of the Bark in a mortification' from Richard Grindall to William Watson7 December 1757
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