Benjamin Collins Brodie ( 1783 - 1862 )

Birth: Winterslow, Wiltshire, England (09 June 1783) Death: Broome Park, Surrey (21 October 1862) Profession: Surgeon Research Field: Physiology, surgery Career: Went to London to study medicine (aged 18); attended Abernethy's lectures (1801) and Wilson's at the Hunterian School (1802); pupil to Everard Home, St George's Hospital, London (1803); assisted in private practice; Assistant Surgeon, St George's Hospital (1808); Surgeon, St George's Hospital (1822); attended George IV (1819, and in his last illness); Sergeant Surgeon to William IV (1832) Honours: Bt 1834 Memberships: FRCP (President 1844); GMC (President 1858); Royal Medico-Chirugical Society (President) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 18/02/1810 Medals/Prizes: Copley Medal 1811 Lectures: Croonian 1810 and 1813 Council: PRS 1858-1861; VP 1833-1835, 1849-1851, 1854-1856 and 1861-1862.