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Authorised form of nameCarpue; Joseph Constantine (1764 - 1846)
Dates1764 - 1846
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birth04 May 1764
Date of death30 January 1846
OccupationSurgeon
ActivityEducation:
Jesuits' College, Douai; St George's Hospital, London
Career:
Staff Surgeon, Duke of York's Hospital, Chelsea (for 12 years); Surgeon, National Vaccine Institution; taught anatomy; lecturer (until 1832); interested in medical electricity; died after being 'much shaken' by an accident on the recently-opened South Western Railway
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election13/02/1817
RelationshipsHis father lived in Brook Green, London, and was descended from a Spanish family
OtherInfoElection certificate in 1816 (EC/1816/15) though not elected till 1817
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1846 No 66 pp 638-639
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/33500508
CodeNA7463
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/000738Carpue, Joseph Constantinend
EC/1816/15Carpue, Joseph Constantine: certificate of election to the Royal Society
AP/15/29Unpublished paper, 'A physiological inquiry into the uses of the thymus gland' by John Tuson30 May 1832
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