Forbes, John, Sir
Record IDcnp01315712
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Biographical Data1787 - 1861
Place of BirthCuttlebrae (Royaume-Uni)
Place of DeathWhitchurch-on-Thames (Royaume-Uni)
Last Edit2024-02-08
General Note
Physician and medical journalist. Born Cuttlebrae, Banffshire 1787. Educated Aberdeen grammar school and Marischal Coll. 1803-05, though no record of his graduation. Diploma of College of Surgeons, Edinburgh 1806. Served in the Navy as temporary assistant surgeon, full surgeon 1809. Returned to Edinburgh 1816, M.D. Edin 1817. Moved to Cornwall Sept 1817. First honorary librarian of the Penzance Public Library 1818, secretary to the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Translated Laennec's De l'auscultation médiate, 1821. Moved to Chichester 1822. Fellow of the Royal Society 1829. Founded the Chichester Literary and Philosophical Society 1831. Physician-in-ordinary to the Duke of Cambridge 1832. Moved to Westminster 1840. Court physician to Prince Albert and the royal household 1841. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians 1844. Honorary fellowship of the Imperial Society of Physicians in Vienna 1845. Retired from medical practice 1848. Treated Anne Bronte 1849. Promoted the establishment of Great Ormond St Hospital 1852. Honorary D.C.L, Oxford 1852. Knighted 1853. Moved to Oxfordshire 1859. Died Whitchurch, Oxfordhire 1861. Editor of med. Journals and author of many works. Donated his library of 3830 volumes to Marischal Coll., 1859.
Adelstitel: Sir.
Médecin. A aussi traduit du français en anglais.
Médecin et journaliste médical
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Further Biographical Data1787-1861
Intellectual ResponsibilityAuteur
Primary Language(s)English
ActivityArzt (gnd)
Geographic NoteGB (iso3166)
NationalityBritish
Place of Activity
Place of BirthCuttlebrae
Cuttlebrae (Royaume-Uni) (1787)
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Lieu de naissance
Place of DeathWhitchurch-on-Thames
Whitchurch-on-Thames (Royaume-Uni) (1861)
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Lieu de mort
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HeadingForbes, John, Sir
used in: The University of Aberdeen Library
used in: The University of Aberdeen Library
Forbes, John
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany); Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; The University of Aberdeen Library
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany); Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; The University of Aberdeen Library
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Found inProv. Reg. Notes (Comrie, p770). — DNB. — Drummond 298. — Wightman xviii.. — The cyclopaedia of practical medicine : comprising Treatises on the nature and treatment of diseases, materia medica... etc. / edited by John Forbes, M. D. Alexander Tweedie, M. D... John Conolly, 1833-1835. — Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/9841 (2021-06-09). — BN Cat. gén. : Forbes, John (Dr)
Imprint SourcesThe cyclopaedia of practical medicine : comprising Treatises on the nature and treatment of diseases, materia medica... etc. / edited by John Forbes, M. D... Alexander Tweedie, M. D... John Conolly, M. D, 1833-1835
The cyclopaedia of practical medicine : comprising Treatises on the nature and treatment of diseases, materia medica... etc. / edited by John Forbes, M. D... Alexander Tweedie, M. D... John Conolly, M. D, 1833-1835
Sir John Forbes FRCP FRS (17 December 1787 - 13 November 1861)
[John Partridge (1789 - 1872) / http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/images/B29180 -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John Forbes b1787.jpg]
[John Partridge (1789 - 1872) / http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/images/B29180 -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John Forbes b1787.jpg]
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