Benjamin Travers ( 1783 - 1858 )

Birth: 03 April 1783 Death: Green Street, Grosvenor Square, London (06 March 1858) Burial: Hendon, Middlesex Education: Apprenticed to Sir Astley Cooper (FRS 1802); Edinburgh Career: Lecturer on Anatomy, Guy's Hospital, London; Surgeon, London Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye (1810); Surgeon, St Thomas's Hospital, London (1815-1841); lived in Sir Astley Cooper's house in Old Broad Street and built up a lucrative practice; Surgeon Extraordinary to Queen Victoria; died of heart disease Memberships: Medico-Chirurgical Society (President 1833); FRCP (President 1856) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 16/11/1815.