FORSTER, Richard

Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database. Originally published by Centre for Metropolitan History, London, 2004.

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Margaret Pelling, Frances White, 'FORSTER, Richard', in Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database( London, 2004), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-physicians/1550-1640/forster-richard [accessed 31 October 2024].

Margaret Pelling, Frances White, 'FORSTER, Richard', in Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database( London, 2004), British History Online, accessed October 31, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-physicians/1550-1640/forster-richard.

Margaret Pelling, Frances White. "FORSTER, Richard". Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database. (London, 2004), , British History Online. Web. 31 October 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-physicians/1550-1640/forster-richard.

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Richard FORSTER

Biography

Name Richard FORSTER (FORSTAR, FOSTER)
Gender Male
Primary occupation medical physician (MD) (Physician. Author. ?Mathematician. F of All Souls 1562)
Period of medical practice 1573-1616
Place of birth England (Coventry)
Date of birth ?c. 1545
Date of death 27 Mar 1616
Address ?St Benet Sherehog 1616
Other notes Fellow of All Souls 1562. FRCP by 1575. See Stow i 75. Botanist. Student of astrology. Knew Clowes & CALDWELL 140. Not in Venn.

Known London address

St Benet Sherehog (?)
Parish St Benet Sherehog (St Sithe; St Benet & St Sithe)
Ward Cheap
Date 1616

College membership

Date of BA 1563
Date of MA 1567
Medical education (university) Oxford
Medical education (years) 6
Date of license to practise 1573
MB 1573
Date of MD 1573
Date became Fellow by 1575
Date of Fellowship 1575-1616
Date elected censor 1583-1585
Date made Elect 1592
Date elected Treasurer 1600-1600
Date elected Consiliarius 1592-1614
Date elected President 1601-1615
Lectureship Lecturer till 1602
Offices held Co 1592-7,1599,1605-7,1610,14 (NB:1594 d but t). Pres 1601-3, 1615
Other notes MD Oxon 1573?
Date of birth ?c.1545
Date of death 27 Mar 1616
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