Edward Nourse (surgeon)
Edward Nourse, FRS (1701–1761) was an English surgeon.
Family[]
His father, also called Edward Nourse (d. 1738) was a surgeon in Oxford. His mother was Elizabeth Towersey (1680–1740). His brother was John Nourse the bookseller. Another brother Charles Nourse was a doctor in Oxford who took over their father's practice in that town.[1]
Career[]
On 2 December 1717, he was apprenticed until 1725 to , an assistant surgeon at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. Nourse became an Assistant Surgeon himself in 1731 and Surgeon in 1745.
He was elected to the Royal Society on 24 October 1728.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jenkins, Stephanie. "Edward Nourse (d. 1738)". Oxford Medical Men. Jenkins. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ^ "Fellow Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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