A General Biographical Dictionary, 2. köideWhittaker and Company, 1835 |
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... physician , in high repute in the beginning of the fourteenth century . He was an ecclesiastic , and was physician to king Ed- ward II . His treatise on medicine , entitled " Rosa Anglica , " is curious for the informa- tion it affords ...
... physician , in high repute in the beginning of the fourteenth century . He was an ecclesiastic , and was physician to king Ed- ward II . His treatise on medicine , entitled " Rosa Anglica , " is curious for the informa- tion it affords ...
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... physician to London , where he narrowly escaped suffer- and miscellaneous writer of the fifteenth and ing an irreparable loss , through the great fire sixteenth centuries . He was a native of the in the city , which destroyed the house ...
... physician to London , where he narrowly escaped suffer- and miscellaneous writer of the fifteenth and ing an irreparable loss , through the great fire sixteenth centuries . He was a native of the in the city , which destroyed the house ...
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... physician and accoucheur , who was a native of Kirkudbright in Scotland , where his father was minister . After serving an apprenticeship to a surgeon and apothecary at Edinburgh , he entered into the army , but left it in 1756 , and ...
... physician and accoucheur , who was a native of Kirkudbright in Scotland , where his father was minister . After serving an apprenticeship to a surgeon and apothecary at Edinburgh , he entered into the army , but left it in 1756 , and ...
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... physician , he gave public lectures on philosophy . Besides these , his stated labours , he took several journeys , in order to collect plants and other objects of natural history , of which he was the first in modern times who is ...
... physician , he gave public lectures on philosophy . Besides these , his stated labours , he took several journeys , in order to collect plants and other objects of natural history , of which he was the first in modern times who is ...
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... physician and a polemic . In his controversial writings he distinguished himself as a warm advocate of the reformed religion , of which he was a most zealous member . The free promulgation of his opi- nions made it advisable for him to ...
... physician and a polemic . In his controversial writings he distinguished himself as a warm advocate of the reformed religion , of which he was a most zealous member . The free promulgation of his opi- nions made it advisable for him to ...
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