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E001227 - Colledge, Thomas Richardson (1796 - 1879)
Title:
Colledge, Thomas Richardson (1796 - 1879)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E001227
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2011-06-07
Description:
Obituary for Colledge, Thomas Richardson (1796 - 1879), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Colledge, Thomas Richardson
Date of Birth:
1796
Date of Death:
28 October 1879
Place of Death:
Lauriston House, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS January 1st 1819

FRCS June 2nd 1853

MD King's College Aberdeen 1839

FRCP Edin 1840

FRS Edin 1844
Details:
Educated at the United Borough Hospitals when Sir Astley Cooper was Surgeon. He entered the service of the HEIC and practised at Canton and Macao, where he originated the first infirmary for indigent Chinese, and was Superintending Surgeon of the Hospitals for British Seamen. The Infirmary was called after him 'Colledge's Ophthalmic Hospital'. He also founded in 1837 the Medical Missionary Society in China, of which he continued to be President until he died. The office of Surgeon to the Consulate at Canton was abolished in May, 1841. Colledge had filled the post so well that, at the request of the whole community - Portuguese as well as British - Lord Palmerston settled on him an annuity from the Civil List. He was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1844, and spent the last thirty-eight years of his life in practice at Cheltenham. He died at Lauriston House, Cheltenham, on October 28th, 1879, survived by his widow, who died a few weeks afterwards. Publications: *A Letter on the Subject of Medical Missionaries*, Macao, China, 1836. *Suggestions for the Formation of a Medical Missionary Society offered to the Consideration of all Christian Nations*, Canton, 1836.
Sources:
*Dict. Nat. Biog.* sub nomine et auct. ibi cit
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E001000-E001999/E001200-E001299
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