George Horsnell d.ca.1698

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George HORSNELL d.ca.1698

Biographical Note

Surgeon, of London. Working at least as early as 1658, when Francis Rolfe was apprenticed to him.

Books

Horsnell's library was sold by retail sale in London, 16.6.1698, as part of a joint sale with the books of "an eminent physician"; no catalogue survives, but the sale was advertised in the Post Boy.

Characteristic Markings

None of Horsnell's books have been identified.

Sources

  • Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
  • O'Day, Rosemary, The professions in early modern England, Harlow, 2000, p.196.