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Authorised form of nameAskew; Anthony (1722 - 1774)
Dates1722 - 1774
NationalityBritish
Place of birthKendal, Westmoreland, England
Date of birth1722
Place of deathHampstead, London
Date of death27 February 1774
OccupationPhysician
ActivityEducation:
Newcastle School; Emmanuel College, Cambridge; MB (1745), MD (1750); Leyden
Career:
Travelled abroad for some years; Physician to St Bartholomew's Hospital (1754)
Memberships:
FRCP (1753)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/02/1750
RelationshipsSon of Adam Askew of Newcastle-on-Tyne
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn
References:
T E Allibone, 'The Club of the Royal College of Physicians, the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers and their Relationship to the Royal Society Club' in NR 1967 vol 22 pp 186-192
Notes:
Venn gives date of death as 27 Feb 1772
CodeNA6827
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1749/24Askew, Anthony: certificate of election to the Royal Society1 February 1750
MS/391/71Bond of Anthony Askew to the Treasurer of the Royal Society8 February 1750
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