| Authorised form of name | Richardson; Sir; Benjamin Ward (1828 - 1896) |
| Dates | 1828 - 1896 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Somerby, Leicestershire, England |
| Date of birth | 31 October 1828 |
| Place of death | 25 Manchester Square, London |
| Date of death | 21 November 1896 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Cremated at Brookwood, Surrey |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Medicine |
| Pharmacology |
| Anaesthetics |
| Activity | Education:
Glasgow. MD; MA
Career:
Settled in London (1854); Physician, Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, London (1856); Physician, London Temperance Hospital (1892); produced journal, 'Asclepiad'
Honours:
Kt 1893
Memberships:
FRCP; Philosophical Society of America (Honorary 1863)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/06/1867 |
| Royal Society activity | Lectures:
Croonian 1873 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 51-52 signed by T C A
References:
Roy S Porter, 'Medical futures' (The Wilkins Lecture 2000) in NR 2001 vol 55 pp 325-329 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/54277110 |
| Royal Society code | NA4530 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1867/16 | Richardson, Sir Benjamin Ward: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/003810 | Richardson, Sir Benjamin Ward | nd |
| NLB/8/109 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons, 45 St Martin's Lane | 18 July 1893 |
| NLB/7/444 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Benjamin Ward Richardson | 20 February 1893 |
| NLB/5/475 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Benjamin Ward Richardson, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 25 June 1891 |
| NLB/5/1091 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Benjamin Ward Richardson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 4 January 1892 |
| NLB/11/115 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Messrs Faraday & Son, 3 Berners Street, W. | 24 April 1895 |
| MC/9/522 | Letter from B W [Benjamin Ward] Richardson, 12 Hinde Street, to Professor [Thomas Henry] Huxley, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 21 March 1873 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
| AP/65/4 | Unpublished paper, 'A contribution to the study of the comparative anatomy of flowers' by G [George] Henslow | 1887 |
| AP/47/5 | Unpublished paper, 'A report embracing an inquiry as to the possibility of restoring the life of warm-blooded animals in certain cases where the respiration, the circulation, and the ordinary manifestations of organic motion are exhausted as have ceased, part II: Experimental evidence' by Benjamin Ward Richardson | June 1865 |
| PP/5/8 | Paper, 'Observations on the ingesta and egesta of Mr Edward Payson Weston during his walk of 5,000 miles in 100 days' by A [Alexander] Wynter Blyth | 1884 |
| PP/7/12 | Paper, 'Studies of disinfectants by new methods' by A [Alexander] Wynter Blyth | 1885 |