Abernethy, John (1764-1831)
TitleAbernethy, John (1764-1831)
ReferenceMS0210
Level of descriptionfonds
DateEarly 19th century
Admin./ biographical historyJohn Abernethy was a Surgeon. He was an Assistant Surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London in 1787, and later became a full Surgeon in 1815. Between 1814 and 1817 he served as Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Abernethy also offered private lectures in anatomy in a house in Bartholomew Close, near to the hospital. The governors of Bart’s built a lecture theatre within the hospital to accommodate his classes. Abernethy retired from his post of Surgeon at Bart’s on 24 July 1827. He continued to lecture until 1828, and resigned his seat on the Court of Examiners at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1829.
For more information on Abernethy's life and career, please visit his profile on The Oxord Dictionary of National Biography: https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-49.
For more information on Abernethy's life and career, please visit his profile on The Oxord Dictionary of National Biography: https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-49.
Scope and ContentThe collection contains notes of lectures given by John Abernethy in unidentified hands, and some manuscript fragments and letters by Abernethy.
Extent2 boxes
LanguageEnglish
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