Julius Jeffreys ( 1800 - 1877 )

Birth: Hall Place, Kent, England (14/16 September 1800) Baptism: London Borough of Bexley (12 October 1800) Death: Richmond, Surrey (13 May 1877) Profession: Surgeon Career: Entered HEIC Service (1822-1835); Staff Surgeon, Calcutta and Cawnpore, India (before 1840); retired (by 1840); inventor of the respirator (1835); invented improvements to sun blinds (1855, 1860, 1871); invented improvements in freezing and shipping of meats (1868) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 07/01/1841.