About Isaac Henrique Sequeira
Born 1738. Isaac Henrique Sequeira was a Portuguese physician.
Isaac Henrique Sequeira (1738–1816) was a Portuguese Sephardic Jewish doctor, who lived and worked in London.
He was a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians (LCP) and practised medicine in Mark Lane in the City of London.
Sequeira was painted in about 1775 by Thomas Gainsborough, one of his patients, and that oil painting now hangs in Madrid's Museo del Prado.
Personal life Sequeira married Esther d'Aguilar (1739-1791), the daughter of Baron Diego Pereira d'Aguilar. In Jews and Medicine: An Epic Saga, Frank Heynick describes him as "wealthy and pompous".
His descendants include Jane Sequeira, a British doctor married to the financier Jonathan Ruffer, who collects Spanish old masters and Gainsborough paintings.
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Who was Isaac Henrique Sequeira?
Portuguese Sephardic Jewish doctor
When was Isaac Henrique Sequeira born?
Isaac Henrique Sequeira was born in 1738.
What was Isaac Henrique Sequeira's occupation?
Isaac Henrique Sequeira was a physician.
What nationality was Isaac Henrique Sequeira?
Isaac Henrique Sequeira was Portuguese.
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