Charles Scarburgh ( 1615 - 1694 )

Birth: London, England, Europe (c. December 1615) Baptism: St Martin in the Fields, England, Europe (29 December 1615) Death: London, England, Europe (26 February 1694) Burial: Cranford, Middlesex, England, Europe Occupation: Physician Research field: anatomy Education: St Paul's School, London; Caius College, Cambridge (BA 1637; MA 1640); studied mathematics with Seth Ward (FRS 1663); Merton College, Oxford (DMed 1646); Incorporated at Cambridge (1660) Career: Fellow of Caius (1642-1649); elected Anatomical Reader by the Barber Surgeons' Company (1649); assisted William Harvey in his work on the generation of animals (c.1645); Lumleian lecturer at College of Physicians (1656); Harveian orator (1662); Physician for the Tower of London (1663-?1685); Physician to Charles II, James II, William III and the Royal Household; MP for Camelford (1685-1687); Governor of Christ's Hospital (1673); amassed a fine library of mathematical books; published a guide to human dissection 'Syllabus musculorum' (1676); MP for Camelford (1685) Honours: Kt 1669 Memberships: FRCP (1650) Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Date of ejection/withdrawal: 29 October 1666 (for non-payment of arrears).