| Authorised form of name | Quain; Richard (1800 - 1887) |
| Surname | Quain |
| Forenames | Richard |
| Dates | 1800 - 1887 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Birth:
Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland (July 1800)
Death:
15 September 1887
Burial:
Finchley, London |
| Activity | Career:
Apprenticed to a surgeon in Ireland; went to London to study under his brother, Jones Quain (anatomist); Demonstrator of Anatomy, University College, London (1830); Professor of Descriptive Anatomy, University College, London; Assistant Surgeon, University College Hospital (1834), Surgeon (1848); resigned (1866); Surgeon Extraordinary to Queen Victoria; left most of his fortune of about £75,000 to University College, London
Memberships:
FRCS (1843, President 1868) |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
29/02/1844 |
| Relationships | Cousin of Sir Richard Quain (FRS 1871); married (1859) Ellen, Viscountess Midleton, widow of the 5th Viscount Midleton |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/64790809 |
| Royal Society code | NA7640 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1844/08 | Quain, Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| EC/1842/22 | Quain, Richard: certificate of candidature for election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/2/201 | Referee's report by Richard Quain, on a paper 'On a geometrical representation of the action of the heart' by William John Macquorn Rankine | 4 February 1852 |
| RR/2/246 | Referee's report by Richard Quain, on a paper 'On the functions of the membrana tympani, the ossicles and muscles of the tympanum, and of the eustachian tube in the human ear, with an account of the muscles of the eustachian tube and their action in different classes of animals' by Joseph Toynbee | [1854] |
| NLB/3/212 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster, Secretary, Royal Society | 10 April 1889 |
| RR/6/220 | Referee's report by Richard Quain, on a paper 'On the muscular arrangements of the bladder and prostate, and the manner in which the ureters and urethra are closed' by James Bell Pettigrew | 31 July 1866 |