PREEST, Robert | British History Online

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

Citation:

Margaret Pelling, Frances White, 'PREEST, Robert', 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/preest-robert [accessed 21 November 2024].

Robert PREEST

Biography


Name	Robert PREEST (PREAST, PREIST, PRIEST)
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical physician (MD) (Physician. Pharmacopoeia preparer 1589. Translator. Author)
Period of medical practice	1573-1599
Place of birth	England (b Middlesex)
Date of birth	c. 1549
Address	St Peters Cornhill 1584
Other notes	Ca 1567 BA 1570 MA 1573 lic 1577 MD 1580. CRCP 1582-8. FRCP by 30/09/1589 (no record).

Known London address


	St Peters Cornhill
Parish	St Peter Cornhill
Ward	Cornhill
Date	1584

College membership


Date of BA	1570
Date of MA	1573
Medical education (university)	Cambridge
Medical education (years)	7
Date of license to practise	1577
Date of MD	1580
Date became Candidate	22/12/1582
Date became Fellow	by 1589
Date of Candidacy	1582-1589
Date of Fellowship	1589-1595
Offices held	FELLEND = lastknown, 22 Dec 1595. Not in list MT 1596 (p. 110).
Other notes	Ca 1567. MD Cantab 1580. FRCP between 08/03/88 & 30/09/89.
Date of birth	c.1549
Date of death	1596?