Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E003095 - Ridge, Benjamin (1807 - 1889)
Title:
Ridge, Benjamin (1807 - 1889)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E003095
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-11-07
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Ridge, Benjamin (1807 - 1889), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Ridge, Benjamin
Date of Birth:
1807
Date of Death:
9 January 1889
Place of Death:
Putney
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS August 29th 1836
FRCS January 12th 1854
LSA 1836
MD Jena 1839
Details:
Studied at Guy's Hospital, practised in High Street, Putney, and was Medical Officer of the Putney District of the Wandsworth Union. Later he practised at 21 Bruton Street, London, W, and was a member of Guy's Physical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Society. His publications were numerous and he was the inventor of an invalid bed carriage, a model of which was in the Great Exhibition of 1851. He died at Putney on January 9th, 1889.
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E003000-E003999/E003000-E003099
Media Type:
Unknown
