Age 16 - sent to London and placed under Henry Cline (1750-1827) - surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital
Devoted to anatomy
1791 became joint lecturer with Cline in anatomy and surgery
1800 appointed surgeon at Guy's
1802 recieved Copley Medal fro two papers read before The Royal Society
1805 - elected Fellow of RS
1805 active part in the foundation of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London
1831 his profession annual income was 21,000
1831 appointed professor - Comparitive Anatomy to - Royal College of Surgeons
Origins - 14th C - foundation of the Guild of surgeons within the city of London
1540 - Union formalized between Worshipful Company of Barbers and the Guild of Surgeons - forming The Company of Barber Surgeons
1745 - Surgeons broke away to form - Company of Surgeons
1800 - granted Royal Charter
1797Company of Surgeons moved from the Surgeon's Hall at the Old Bailey to 41 Lincoln's Inn Fie
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