Samuel Sharp ( c 1700 - 1778 )

Birth: c 1700 Death: 24 March 1778 Profession: Surgeon Education: Pupil of William Cheselden (FRS 1711), St Thomas's Hospital, London; studied in Paris Career: Surgeon, Guy's Hospital (1733); lectured on anatomy and surgery to asociety of naval surgeons, Covent Garden; resigned from Guy's (1757); published "Critical inquiry into the present state of surgery" (1750); toured Italy (1765-1766) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 13/04/1749.