About Charles Thackrah
Lived 1795 – 1833 (aged 37–38). Charles Thackrah was a surgeon.
Charles Turner Thackrah, MRCS Eng; (1795, in Leeds – 1833) was an English surgeon. He was a pioneer in the field of occupational medicine and is known for his work The Effects of the Principal Arts, Trades, and Professions, and of Civic States and Habits of Living, on Health and Longevity. He was a founder member of the Leeds School of Medicine. He died of tuberculosis in 1833, at the age of 38.
A building was opened in his honour and given his name at the University of Leeds in around 2007.
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British surgeon
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Charles Thackrah was born in 1795.
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Charles Thackrah died in 1833.
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Charles Thackrah was a surgeon.
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