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| − | Son of [[family::Abraham Addams]] of [[location::London]]. MB [[education::Trinity College, Cambridge]] 1734, MD 1739; fellow of the [[organisations::Royal College of Physicians]] 1741, and several times [[occupation::censor]] of the College. He was [[occupation::physician]] to [[organisations::St Thomas's Hospital]] 1749-59 and presumably continued a career as a physician thereafter (he was buried in [[location::Reading]]. | + | Son of [[family::Abraham Addams]] of [[location::London]]. MB [[education::Trinity College, Cambridge]] 1734, MD 1739; fellow of the [[organisations::Royal College of Physicians]] 1741, and several times [[occupation::censor]] of the College. He was [[occupation::physician]] to [[organisations::St Thomas's Hospital]] 1749-59 and presumably continued a career as a physician thereafter (he was buried in [[location::Reading]]). |
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*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903-4. | *Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903-4. | ||
*Venn, J. and J. A., ''Alumni Cantabrigienses'', Cambridge, 1922. | *Venn, J. and J. A., ''Alumni Cantabrigienses'', Cambridge, 1922. | ||
| + | *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/charmainezoe/5564176500 Charmaine Zoe's photostram, Flickr]. | ||
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Revision as of 06:35, 9 March 2022
Thomas ADDAMS or ADAMS 1712-1785
Biographical Note
Son of Abraham Addams of London. MB Trinity College, Cambridge 1734, MD 1739; fellow of the Royal College of Physicians 1741, and several times censor of the College. He was physician to St Thomas's Hospital 1749-59 and presumably continued a career as a physician thereafter (he was buried in Reading).
Books
Addams used an engraved armorial bookplate, on which he described himself as a fellow of the College (Franks 174). The extent of his library is not known; his will, in which he left the residue of his estate to his daughter Rebecca, has no mention of books.
Sources
- Will of Thomas Addams, the National Archives PROB 11/1129/243.
- Thomas Addams, Royal College of Physicians.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.
- Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.
- Charmaine Zoe's photostram, Flickr.