Hume, John R. (John Robert), 1939-
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John Robert Hume, MD LRCP FRCP DCL CB (1781/2-1857), physician, was born in Renfrewshire and studied medicine in Glasgow, 1795, 1798, 1799 and Edinburgh, in 1796-1797. He entered the medical service of the army, serving in the Peninsula. Hume was awarded an MD from St Andrews University, 1816 and became a licentiate of the College of Physicians, 1819. He became the surgeon to the Duke of Wellington and was awarded the DCL from Oxford University, 1834. He became a Fellow of the College of Physicians, 1836, and was awarded the CB, 1850. [Papers include a letter informing him that he is elected FRCSEd 1816. Name absent from M.L.] See also Hall, Ion Simson FRCSEd "John Robert Hume: personal physician to the first Duke of Wellington".J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1980 Jul; 25(4): Pages 219-32.
From the guide to the Hume, John Robert (1781/2-1857), 1800-1860, (The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh)
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