Person Garth; Sir; Samuel (1661 - 1719) Garth Samuel Sir 1661 - 1719 British Male 1661 18 January 1719 Burial: Harrow, Middlesex

Physician; Poet Education: School at Ingleton, Co. Durham; Peterhouse, Cambridge. BA (1679/80), MA (1684), MD (1691). Leyden (admitted 1687); incorporated at Oxford (1694) Career: Physician in Ordinary to George I; Physician-General to the Army; active in trying to establish a dispensary where the poor could consult the best physicians, his poem 'The Dispensary' ridicules the apothecaries who fought against the idea Honours: Kt 1714 Memberships: FRCP (1693); Kitcat Club Son of William Garth of Bowland Forest, Yorkshire; married Martha, daughter of Sir Henry Beaufoy of Emscote, Warwickshire Fellow 05/06/1706 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn; Innes Smith; Foster References: C C Booth, 'Sir Samuel Garth, FRS: The Dispensary Poet' in NR 1985-86 vol 40 pp 125-145 Notes: Proposed by Sir Hans Sloane International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1661 - 18 Jan 1719 NA7754 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes d3a9214c-3745-4ce3-ba22-dd0cba09acda