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Authorised form of nameBarham; Henry (c 1670 - 1726)
Datesc 1670 - 1726
NationalityBritish
Date of birthc. 1670
Place of deathSpanish Town, Jamaica
OccupationSurgeon
ActivityEducation:
Apprenticed to a surgeon
Career:
Surgeon's mate on HMS Vanguard; Master Surgeon on another man-of-war; travelled to Spain, Madras and Jamaica; Surgeon-Major to the military forces in Jamaica; returned to England, where he bred silkworms and manufactured silk (1716); returned to live in Jamaica (1720-death), having formed a company to mine silver there, which was, however, a complete failure
Memberships:
Company of Surgeons
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election14/11/1717
RelationshipsDescended from the Barhams of Barham Court in Kent; his father died when he was about 14
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Thomas
Notes:
Proposed by Sir Hans Sloane
CodeNA5578
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/390/163Bond of Henry Barham to the Treasurer of the Royal Society21 November 1717
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