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Asset Name:
E000412 - Albert, George Frederick (1771 - 1853)
Title:
Albert, George Frederick (1771 - 1853)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E000412
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2007-10-18

2016-01-15
Description:
Obituary for Albert, George Frederick (1771 - 1853), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Albert, George Frederick
Date of Birth:
18 December 1771
Date of Death:
5 April 1853
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
Admitted as a Member of the Surgeons' Company June 4th 1795

FRCS December 11th 1843, one of the original 300 Fellows

MD Edin 1823
Details:
Born Dec 18th 1771, and became an army surgeon. He was gazetted Staff Surgeon on Aug 30th, 1799, was placed on half pay in 1802, and restored to full pay on March 17th, 1803, when he exchanged to the cavalry depot at Maidstone. He was promoted Deputy Inspector of Hospitals on Nov 4th, 1813, and was put on half pay on Nov 25th, 1815. Practised at Cheltenham and at various times at St George's Terrace, Hyde Park, and in the Isle of Wight. He died on April 5th, 1853. Albert's thesis for the Edinburgh MD may have been [1] *Quœdam de Morbis Ætatum* (8vo, Edinburgh, 1823), but he is not given credit for it as a thesis in the Index Catalogue, USA Army. [Amendment from the annotated edition of *Plarr's Lives* at the Royal College of Surgeons: [1] 'may have been' deleted and 'was' added]
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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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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E000000-E000999/E000400-E000499
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