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E003479 - Wheeler, Thomas Rivington (1818 - 1883)
Title:
Wheeler, Thomas Rivington (1818 - 1883)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E003479
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-01-30

2019-01-25
Description:
Obituary for Wheeler, Thomas Rivington (1818 - 1883), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Wheeler, Thomas Rivington
Date of Birth:
1818
Date of Death:
19 December 1883
Place of Death:
Ramsgate
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS May 10th 1843

FRCS August 14th 1873

MSA 1839
Details:
The only son of Thomas Lowe Wheeler (1790-1849), an apothecary, and Clarissa Anne Wheeler née Wells (1791-1875). His grandfather was Thomas Wheeler junior (1754-1847), Apothecary to St Bartholomew's Hospital, the details of whose life are recorded in the *Dictionary of National Biography*. Thomas Rivington Wheeler was educated at St Paul's School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, and practised at his father's house, 61 Gracechurch Street, and afterwards at 3 Newcastle Court, College Hill, Cheapside. He moved later to The Grove, Blackheath, and was Surgeon to the Kent Dispensary. He contested unsuccessfully the post of Surgeon-Apothecary to St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1847, when he was beaten by Frederick Wood (qv). He was a Member of the Court of Examiners, an Examiner in Arts, and a Liveryman of the Society of Apothecaries, but was never of the Court. He took but little interest in his profession and is described as being incorrigibly idle. He was, however, a good cricketer, fly-fisher, pedestrian, and field botanist he had an excellent memory, was exceedingly clever with his fingers, but was very bad-tempered. He lived for some years at Sundridge in Kent, but moved to 5 Albion Terrace, Ramsgate, and died there on December 19th, 1883. He married his cousin Maria Wheeler in 1844, from whom he separated, as both were bad-tempered. There was one son, Thomas Henry Wheeler. T R Wheeler presented the Society of Apothecaries in 1863 with the portrait of his grandfather, Thomas Wheeler, which now hangs in their Hall.
Sources:
There are details about him at p 21 in *A Brief Sketch of My Life*, by Henry Power (qv), who was apprenticed to him

Personal knowledge of Sir D'Arcy Power, to whom he was godfather

Additional particulars kindly given by Frank Haydon, Esq, Clerk to the Society of Apothecaries

Additional information from Andrew Wallington-Smith, past Clerk to the Society of Apothecaries, by email 21 January 2019
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E003000-E003999/E003400-E003499
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