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Authorised form of nameWare; James (1756 - 1815)
Dates1756 - 1815
NationalityBritish
Place of birthPortsmouth, Hampshire, England
Date of birth11 February 1756
Place of deathAt his country house in Turnham Green, Middlesex
Date of death13 April 1815
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Bunhill Fields burial ground, London
OccupationSurgeon
Research fieldOphthalmology
ActivityEducation:
Portsmouth Grammar School
Career:
Apprenticed to a surgeon; entered St Thomas's Hospital (1773) and was Demonstrator of Anatomy under Joseph Else (FRS 1778); studied ophthalmic surgery; one of the founders of the Society for the Relief of the Widow and Orphans of Medical Men (1788); practised at New Bridge Street, London
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/03/1802
RelationshipsSon of Martin Ware, Shipbuilder
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Virtual International Authority File40871174
CodeNA7419
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
L&P/11/166Paper, 'Recovery of sight at seven years of age' by James Ware1801
EC/1801/21Ware, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
PT/7/4Paper, 'Observations relative to the near and distant sight of different persons' by James Ware[1812]
PT/7/14Paper, 'An appendix to Mr Ware's paper on vision' by Sir C [Charles] Blagden[1813]
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