Edward Baynard ca.1641-1717
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Edward BAYNARD ca.1641-1717
Biographical Note
Born in Preston, Lancashire. MA King's College, Aberdeen 1670, matriculated the medical school at the University of Leiden in 1671, and MD Aberdeen by 1672. After starting a family in Preston, Baynard moved to London where he became an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1684, and a full fellow in 1687. As well as being a physician he was also a poet.
Books
Baynard's will did not mention books, and he left all of his possessions to his nephew, Thomas Lloyd. His libraries were sold by retail sale in London beginning 27 June 1721.
Sources
- Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues ... 1676-1800, St Philip, 2010.
- Jenner, Mark S. R. "Baynard, Edward (1641?–1717), physician and poet." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- A catalogue of the libraries of Edward Baynard M.D. a curious gentleman, and an eminent surgeon, [London, 1721], ESTC T28710.