Difference between revisions of "Christopher Terne 1620/1-1673"

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Christopher TERNE 1620/1-1673

Biographical Note

Born at Rochester, the son of Nathaniel Terne of Chatham, gentleman. BA St John’s College, Cambridge 1640, MA 1643; studied at the University of Leiden, 1647, where he graduated MD. Admitted a candidate of the Royal College of Physicians 1650, fellow 1655. Assistant physician to St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London 1653-69; lecturer on anatomy to the Barber-Surgeons Company, 1656. Fellow of the Royal Society 1663. A number of manuscripts volumes of his lectures and notes are preserved among the Sloane manuscripts in the British Library.

Books

Library auctioned 1686; see entry for Thomas Allen (d.1684). Terne's will has no mention of books; all the residue of his estate was left to his wife.

Characteristic Markings

None of Terne’s books have been identified.

Sources

Alston, R. C., Inventory of sale catalogues ... 1676-2010, St Philip, 2010.
Bibliothecae medicae … D. Christ. Terne D. Thomae Allen, 1686 (ESTC R26289).
Moore, Norman, and Michael Bevan. "Terne, Christopher (1620/21–1673), physician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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-Born at [[place of birth::Rochester]], the son of [[family::Nathaniel Terne]] of [[location::Chatham]], gentleman.  BA [[education::St John’s College, Cambridge]] 1640, MA 1643; studied at [[education::Leiden University]], 1647, where he graduated MD.  Admitted a [[occupation::candidate]] of [[organisations::the College of Physicians]] 1650, [[occupation::fellow]] 1655.  [[occupation::Assistant physician]] to [[organisations::St Bartholomew’s Hospital]], [[location::London]] 1653-69; [[occupation::lecturer]] on anatomy to [[organisations::the Barber-Surgeons’ Company]], 1656.  [[occupation::Fellow]] of [[organisations::the Royal Society]] 1663.  A number of [[format::manuscripts]] volumes of his lectures and notes are preserved among the Sloane manuscripts in the [[present repository::British Library]].
+Born at [[place of birth::Rochester]], the son of [[family::Nathaniel Terne]] of [[location::Chatham]], gentleman.  BA [[education::St John’s College, Cambridge]] 1640, MA 1643; studied at the [[education::University of Leiden]], 1647, where he graduated MD.  Admitted a [[occupation::candidate]] of the [[organisations::Royal College of Physicians]] 1650, [[occupation::fellow]] 1655.  [[occupation::Assistant physician]] to [[organisations::St Bartholomew’s Hospital]], [[location::London]] 1653-69; [[occupation::lecturer]] on anatomy to the [[organisations::Barber-Surgeons Company]], 1656.  [[occupation::fellow|Fellow]] of the [[organisations::Royal Society]] 1663.  A number of [[format::manuscripts]] volumes of his lectures and notes are preserved among the Sloane manuscripts in the [[present repository::British Library]].
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