Nicholson, Brinsley W Hewitson (1769 - 1857)
by
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Asset Name
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E002806 - Nicholson, Brinsley W Hewitson (1769 - 1857)
Title
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Nicholson, Brinsley W Hewitson (1769 - 1857)
Author
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Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier
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RCS: E002806
Publisher
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London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date
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2012-08-29
Subject
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Medical Obituaries
Description
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Obituary for Nicholson, Brinsley W Hewitson (1769 - 1857), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language
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English
Source
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name
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Nicholson, Brinsley W Hewitson
Date of Birth
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1769
Date of Death
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15 March 1857
Place of Death
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Red Hill, Surrey
Occupation
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General surgeon
Titles/Qualifications
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MRCS April 2nd 1813
FRCS (by election) August 26th 1844
Details
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Joined the Army as Staff Assistant Surgeon on April 29th, 1813. He was gazetted Surgeon to the 42nd Foot on November 5th, 1829, and joined the staff on June 19th, 1835. On June 1st, 1838, he was promoted Assistant Inspector of Hospitals, and on January 26th, 1841, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals. He retired on half pay on December 30th, 1845, and had seen active service in the Peninsula 1813-1814.
Hewitson Nicholson died at his residence in Red Hill, Surrey, on March 15th, 1857. His son, sometime Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, Brinsley Nicholson, MD (1824-1892), the Elizabethan scholar, died in 1892.
Sources
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In the Fellows' *Register* and Colonel Johnston's *RAMC Roll*, No 3588, the name appears simply as BRINSLEY NICHOLSON
Rights
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format
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Obituary
Format
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Asset
Asset Path
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E002000-E002999/E002800-E002899
URL for File
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374989
Media Type
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Unknown