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E002527 - Lipscomb, John Thomas Nicholson (1819 - 1898)
Title:
Lipscomb, John Thomas Nicholson (1819 - 1898)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E002527
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-06-27
Description:
Obituary for Lipscomb, John Thomas Nicholson (1819 - 1898), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Lipscomb, John Thomas Nicholson
Date of Birth:
1819
Place of Birth:
St Albans
Date of Death:
21 September 1898
Place of Death:
St Albans
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS October 1st 1841

FRCS October 16th 1856

LSA 1841

MD St Andrews 1844

JP for St Albans
Details:
Born in St Albans, the son of a medical practitioner who was Mayor on two occasions and Alderman for more than fifty years, and of a daughter of the Rev John Nicholson, Rector of the Abbey Church. He received his professional training at Guy's Hospital, and after qualifying in 1841 joined in partnership with his father. He continued to practise in St Albans till about the year 1894, and took an active part in the life of the town, having been elected to the Town Council in 1855, and was one of the four Aldermen - succeeding his father, who had been one - from 1869-1883. In 1870 he was Mayor, and for forty-one years he was Rector's Churchwarden in connection with the Abbey Church, as well as being one of the original members of the Abbey Restoration Committee. At the time of his death he was Hon Consulting Physician to the St Albans Hospital, Physician to the Marlborough Almshouses, and Medical Visitor to the Lunatic Asylum, Harpenden; he was also Surgeon to the Prison at St Albans. He was a Fellow of the Medical Society of London and a member of the St Andrews Graduates' Association. Lipscomb died at St Albans on Sept 21st, 1898. He was a member of the firm of Lipscomb, Bates, & Lipscomb, and was succeeded by his son, Eustace Henry Lipscomb, BA Cantab MRCS.
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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/E002000-E002999/E002500-E002599
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