About Richard Thorne Thorne
Lived 1841 – 1899 (aged 58). Richard Thorne Thorne was a physician.
Sir Richard Thorne Thorne (13 October 1841 – 18 December 1899) was a British physician, the fourth Chief Medical Officer in the United Kingdom.
He was born the son of a banker in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire and was educated at Neuwied in Prussia and at a Paris lyceé. He received his medical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he qualified in 1863. He graduated from London University in 1866 and was elected physician to the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest.
After his death he was buried at St John's, Woking. His Times obituary stated "The public has been deprived of an official of great tact, knowledge and experience."
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Who was Richard Thorne Thorne?
British physician (1841-1899)
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Richard Thorne Thorne was born on 13 October 1841.
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Richard Thorne Thorne died on 18 December 1899.
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Richard Thorne Thorne was a physician.
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