Astley Paston Cooper ( 1768 - 1841 )

Birth: Brooke Hall, near Norwich, Norfolk, England (23 August 1768) Death: Conduit Street, London (12 February 1841) Burial: Beneath the chapel of Guy's Hospital, London Profession: Surgeon Career: Articled to his uncle William Cooper, Surgeon to Guy's Hospital (1784); transferred to Henry Cline, Surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital; in Edinburgh (1787-1788); demonstrator at St Thomas's and was associated with "body snatchers" (1789); lecturer at St Thomas's and at the College of Surgeons; Surgeon, Guy's Hospital (1800); removed a wen from George IV's head Honours: Bt 1820 Memberships: FRCS (President 1836) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 18/02/1802 Medals/Prizes: Copley Medal 1801 Council: VP 1830-1831.