Richard Quain ( 1800 - 1887 )

Birth: Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland (July 1800) Death: 15 September 1887 Burial: Finchley, London Career: Apprenticed to a surgeon in Ireland; went to London to study under his brother, Jones Quain (anatomist); Demonstrator of Anatomy, University College, London (1830); Professor of Descriptive Anatomy, University College, London; Assistant Surgeon, University College Hospital (1834), Surgeon (1848); resigned (1866); Surgeon Extraordinary to Queen Victoria; left most of his fortune of about £75,000 to University College, London Memberships: FRCS (1843, President 1868) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 29/02/1844.