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Lonsdale, Henry, 1816-1876 (Edinburgh University alumnus; physician)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1816 - 1876

Biography

Henry Lonsdale was born in Carlisle. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University. He worked with Robert Knox (1791-1862), the anatomist, and John Reid (1809-1849), the physiologist. He wrote, Anatomical memoirs (1868) of his friend John Goodsir, and A sketch of the life and writings of Robert Knox, the anatomist (1870).

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Letters and notebooks of Dr. Henry Lonsdale, of Rosehill, Carlisle

 Fonds — CLX-A-1582
Identifier: Coll-1820
Content Description This collection contains two sets of material:1. Letters to Dr. Lonsdale, of Rosehill, Carlisle, and addressed variously to: Cumberland Infirmary; Marine Crescent, Waterloo, Liverpool; Playhouse Yard, Thomas Street, Scarbro'; and, Teviot Row, Edinburgh. The letters show that he was assembling information with a view to overseeing a biography of his mentor, John Reid. The collection of letters contains material which would have formed the core of such a work which never came to...
Dates: 1830s-1868
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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