Person Mead; Richard (1673 - 1754) Mead Richard 1673 - 1754 British Male Parish of Stepney, Middlesex, England 11 August 1673 His house in Great Ormond Street, London 16 February 1754 Burial: The Temple Church, London

Stepney, Middlesex (1696-1703); Crutched Friars, London (1703-1711); Austin Friars, London (1711-1714); Bloomsbury Square, Middlesex (1714-1720); Great Ormond Street, Middlesex (1720-death); near Windsor, Berkshire

Physician Medicine Antiquities Education: Educated by his father; Pupil of John Nesbitt; Thomas Singleton's school (1688); Utrecht (admitted 1689); Leyden (admitted 1693). Padua: MD, PhD (1695). Oxford: MD (by diploma 1707) Career: Fled to Holland with his father; fellow student with Herman Boerhaave (FRS 1730) of Archibald Pitcairne, Professor of Medicine, Leyden; Mead, a Whig, pleaded for the life of Pitcairn's Jacobite son who was imprisoned in the Tower of London (1715); travelled to Italy with Thomas Pellett (FRS 1712) (1695); practised in London (1696-death); Physician, St Thomas's Hospital, London (1703-1715); Anatomy Lecturer to the Barber-Surgeons' Company (1711-1715); Governor, St Thomas's Hospital (1715); Governor of St Bartholomew's, Bethlehem and Bridewell Hospitals, London (1720); Physician to George II (1727); persuaded Guy to bequeath his fortune to found Guy's Hospital; a wealthy man, he was known for his generosity to scholars, artists and the clergy; amassed a library of over 10,000 volumes and large collections of pictures, coins and antiquities, all of which were sold after his death Memberships: FRCP (1716); Hon FCPE (1745) Son of Matthew Mead, Nonconformist Minister, of Stepney, Middlesex Married: 1) Ruth, daughter of John Marsh, Merchant, of London; 2) Anne, daughter of Sir Rowland Alston of Odell, Buckinghamshire; father-in-law of Frank Nicholls (FRS 1728) and of Sir Edward Wilmot (FRS 1730) Royal Society roles: Council (1705, 1707-1730); VP 1713- Fellow 30/11/1703 Sir Hans Sloane Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Jonathan Andrews, 'A Respectable Mad-Doctor? Dr Richard Hale, FRS (1670-1728)' in NR 1990 vol 44 pp 169-203 H G Lyons, 'Two Hundred Years Ago: 1739' in NR 1939 vol 2 pp 34-42 ©The Royal Society 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 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-13906 11 Aug 1673 - 16 Feb 1754 NA8349 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/45083556 434bae3c-0ed6-4df7-9907-3e96250aaa07