John Heaviside ( 1748 - 1828 )

Birth: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England (1748) Death: Hampstead, London (19 September 1828) Burial: The family vault, Hatfield Church, Hatfield, Hertfordshire Profession: Surgeon Education: Apprentice of Mr Dance, apothecary of Barnet; pupil to Percival Pott FRS (for 4 years); diploma (1771, Surgeon's Hall) Career: His father bought him a Surgeon's commission in the 1st Troop (Horse), Grenedier Guards (1771); retired on the reduction of the regiment (1788); practised in London; inherited a large fortune on his father's death (1787) and bought a house, to which he attached a museum of anatomical and pathological preparations; Surgeon extraordinary to George III (1790); taken into custody after getting mixed up in a duel (1803), but discharged; Emma, Lady Hamilton was a patient of his Membership: Fellow Election Date: 14/12/1797.