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| − | Son of [[family::Edward Massey]], of [[location::Rostherne, Cheshire]]. Matriculated at [[education::Brasenose College, Oxford]] 1697, but did not graduate; he was later awarded an MD by the [[education::University of Aberdeen]] in 1720. He became an extra-licenciate of the [[organisations::Royal College of Physicians]] in 1706 ([[occupation::fellow]], 1726), and began practising as a [[occupation::physician]] in [[location::Wisbech]]. Around 1720 he moved to [[location::Stepney]] and towards the end of his life retired to [[location::Rostherne]]. He became a [occupation::fellow]] of the [[organisations::Royal Society]] in 1712, and of the [[organisations::Society of Antiquaries]] in 1718. | + | Son of [[family::Edward Massey]], of [[location::Rostherne, Cheshire]]. Matriculated at [[education::Brasenose College, Oxford]] 1697, but did not graduate; he was later awarded an MD by the [[education::University of Aberdeen]] in 1720. He became an extra-licenciate of the [[organisations::Royal College of Physicians]] in 1706 ([[occupation::fellow]], 1726), and began practising as a [[occupation::physician]] in [[location::Wisbech]]. Around 1720 he moved to [[location::Stepney]] and towards the end of his life retired to [[location::Rostherne]]. He became a [[occupation::fellow]] of the [[organisations::Royal Society]] in 1712, and of the [[organisations::Society of Antiquaries]] in 1718. |
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Richard Middleton MASSEY 1678-1743
Biographical Note
Son of Edward Massey, of Rostherne, Cheshire. Matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford 1697, but did not graduate; he was later awarded an MD by the University of Aberdeen in 1720. He became an extra-licenciate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1706 (fellow, 1726), and began practising as a physician in Wisbech. Around 1720 he moved to Stepney and towards the end of his life retired to Rostherne. He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1712, and of the Society of Antiquaries in 1718.
Books
Massey compiled and published a catalogue of the town library of Wisbech in 1718, and a manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal College of Physicians in 1727. he used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 19929), made ca.1720.
Sources
- Fellows of the Royal Society.
- Munk's Roll, Royal College of Physicians.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.