Charles Brandon Trye ( 1757 - 1811 )

Birth; 21 August 1757 Death: 07 October 1811 Burial: In the churchyard of St Mary de Crypt at Gloucester Career: Apprenticed to an Apothecary, Worcester (1773); apprenticed to William Russell, Senior Surgeon, Worcester Infirmary; went to London to study with John Hunter (1780); House Apothecary , Westminster Hospital; assisted John Sheldon (FRS 1784) at the Anatomical School, Great Queen Street, London; Surgeon, Gloucester Charity (1784-1810); helped to establish and maintain a lying-in charity in Gloucester (1793); succeeded to a cousin's estate of Leckhampton (1797) and opened stone quarries at Leckhampton Hill; actively promoted vaccination; wrote, "An essay on the swelling of the lower extremities incident to lying-in women" (1792) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 17/12/1807.