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Practiced Medicine In Oxford: RADCLIFFE, John, English physician: b. Wakefield, England, 1650 ; d. Carshalton, Nov. 1, 1714. He was graduated from University College, Oxford, in 1669, and from then until 1677 was a fellow of Lincoln College. Meanwhile, in 1675, he obtained a medical degree and practiced medicine in Oxford until 1684. Moving to London, he soon became one of the leading physicians of the period, numbering William III, Queen Mary, and other members of the royal family among his patients, and amassed a large fortune. He was elected to Parliament in 1690 and 1713, and for many years served as governor of St.
REED, Charles Alfred Lee, American surgeon: b. Wolf Lake, Ind., July 9. 1856; d. Glen-cester, Mass., Aug. 28, 1928. Educated at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, he was professor of gynecology and abdominal surgery a! the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery 1882-1895; became gynecologist at the Cincinnati
RECORDE, rek'ord, Robert, English math-ematican: b. Tenby, Pembroke, about 1510; d. London, 1558. He studied at Oxford, was elected to a fellowship of All Souls' in 1531, studied, and probably taught, mathematics and medicine at Cambridge, and later was instructor in a variety of subjects at Oxford. Having gone to London, he became, it is said, physician to Edward VI and Queen Mary. In 1551 he was made general surveyor of the mines and money; but despite this post seems to have been imprisoned for debt in King's Bench prison, where he certainly died. |
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