The following obituary was published in Volume 1 of Plarr's Lives of the Fellows. Practised at Margate, where he died on June 7th, 1859. The following obituary was written and submitted in 2019. Joshua Waddington was a surgeon in Margate and a contemporary of the poet John Keats at Guy’s Hospital Medical School. He was born on 23 December 1793 in Clapham, one of seven sons of Samuel Ferrand Waddington, a businessman and prominent radical, and Sarah Waddington née Jarvis. Around 1804, about the time his father was declared bankrupt, Waddington was sent to Margate to live with his uncle, Daniel Jarvis, a surgeon, to whom he became apprenticed. Once his apprenticeship had ended, Waddington went to London to study at Guy’s, signing the register at the hospital on 6 October 1815, five days after Keats enrolled. Both students attended lectures by the physician and physiologist John Haighton, the surgeon Astley Cooper and the physician William Babington. Waddington’s neat workbooks are held in King’s College archive; Keats’ less diligent notes are kept at Keats House in Hampstead. Keats sat and passed his licentiate examination at the end of July 1816 and went to Margate on holiday until September. Some sources show Waddington was in the town at least during part of July. It is possible Keats was influenced by Waddington to make his trip and may have even stayed with or visited Waddington and his uncle. Waddington passed his membership examination in November 1816. He returned to his home town to join his uncle’s practice in Cecil Square and eventually took over when Jarvis had to retire due to poor health. Waddington was also on the staff of the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in August 1844. During the 1840s he wrote several papers for *The Lancet*, on the use of forceps in midwifery and on cholera, including an account of an outbreak of cholera in Margate, published in the 27 January 1849 edition. According to G E Clarke, a local historian, Waddington was a champion of the poor and downtrodden, but was considered a ‘redoubtable antagonist’ by several prominent figures in the town. ‘A fine, tall man, of commanding presence, Waddington became a popular hero among his followers. Striking his well-known attitude, he would address his hearers in such a manner as to leave the impression on their minds that he was invincible. He did not know what fear was.’ Like his father before him, Waddington became embroiled in several protracted arguments and disputes. In 1837, he was driven to write *A plain statement illustrative of a late base conspiracy*, a pamphlet addressed to the inhabitants of Margate, defending himself against various accusers in the town. Waddington was married twice. On 23 June 1823, he married Maria Collard at St Mary the Virgin, Thanet. They had four children: John Jarvis, Emma, Herbert and Julia. In 1831 Maria died and in 1835 he married Ann Isabella Reynolds, at Holy Trinity Church, Chelsea. They had three children: Joshua, Isabella and Emily. Waddington died on 7 June 1859 at Grosvenor House, Upper Marine Terrace, Margate at the age of 65. Sarah Gillam