| Authorised form of name | Budd; George (1808 - 1882); physician |
| Dates | 1808 - 1882 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | North Tawton, Devon, England |
| Date of birth | 23 February 1808 |
| Place of death | His home at Ashleigh House, Barnstaple, Devon |
| Date of death | 14 March 1882 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Surgery |
| Gastroenterology |
| Medicine |
| Activity | Education:
Early education received at home; St John's College, Cambridge (1827); transferred to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (1831) AB; LM; MD
Career:
Embarked on medical studies in Paris and at the Middlesex Hospital, London; appointed physician to the Dreadnought seamen's hospital ship, Greenwich, where whilst working with George Busk he undertook extensive research on cholera and scurvy, and acquired considerable knowledge on diseases of the stomach and liver (1837); Professor of medicine at King's College, London (1840-1863); censor at the Royal College of Physicians (1845-1847); retired from King's College, London (1863); gave up his large practice in London owing to ill health (1867); retired to Barnstaple, Devon (1869).
Memberships:
RCP
Honorary Fellow of Gonville and Caius College 1880 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/01/1836 |
| Age at election | 28 |
| Proposer | Francis Kiernan |
| Charles Frederick Barnwell |
| James McGrigor |
| Henry Holland |
| William Snow Harris |
| Charles Hamn Smith |
| Robert Murphy |
| Robert Willis |
| James Cumming |
| George Peacock |
| Martin Davy |
| Relationships | Parents: Catherine Wreford (1778/9–1869) and Samuel Budd (1772–1841), surgeon.
Siblings: William Budd (FRS 1871)
Spouse: Louisa-Matilda, daughter of Thomas Russell MD, of Toulouse (m. 15 November 1859) |
| Royal Society Obituary or Memoir | Click to view (may be contained within a meeting notice, presidential address or list of death notices) |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1882-1883 vol 34 pp i-iii signed by J P
Notes:
On reverse of certificate 'Mr Budd's Certificate to be read Novr 19th 1835' |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/29921490 |
| Code | NA1117 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1836/02 | Budd, George: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/Maull/000644 | Budd, George | nd |
| IM/005525 | Budd, George | 1848 |
| MC/12/8 | Letter from George Budd, Ashleigh, Barnstaple, to John Evans, [Treasurer of the Royal Society] | 20 January 1880 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |