Dr. Richard Mead

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Dr. Richard Mead was a prominent early 18th-century English physician and scholar known for his influential work on public health and his association with leading literary and scientific figures of his time.

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Richard Mead 4
Dr. Richard Mead canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English physician ⓘ
human ⓘ
physician ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
associatedWith Alexander Pope ⓘ
Hans Sloane ⓘ
linked to: Sir Hans Sloane

Isaac Newton ⓘ
Jonathan Swift ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
Samuel Garth ⓘ
linked to: Sir Samuel Garth
birthDate 1673-08-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Stepney ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1754-02-16 ⓘ
deathPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
educatedAt Oxford ⓘ
University of Leiden ⓘ
University of Padua ⓘ
employer British royal household ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork classical scholarship ⓘ
epidemiology ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
public health ⓘ
honorificPrefix Dr. ⓘ
knownFor advice on controlling plague and contagion ⓘ
influential work on public health ⓘ
large library and collection of manuscripts ⓘ
patronage of scholars and artists ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
mainSubjectOfWork plague ⓘ
quarantine measures ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
name Richard Mead ⓘ
linked to: Dr. Richard Mead
nationality English ⓘ
notableWork A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion ⓘ
A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion, and the Methods to be used to prevent it ⓘ
occupation physician ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
positionHeld physician to St Bartholomew’s Hospital ⓘ
physician to St Thomas’ Hospital ⓘ
royal physician ⓘ
publicationYear 1720 ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
residence Great Ormond Street, London ⓘ

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The Scriblerus Club → hasMember → Dr. Richard Mead ⓘ
Mead → hasNotableBearer → Richard Mead ⓘ
linked to: Dr. Richard Mead
Richard Mead → name → Richard Mead ⓘ
subject linked to: Dr. Richard Mead
linked to: Dr. Richard Mead
John Freind → hasStudent → Richard Mead ⓘ
linked to: Dr. Richard Mead
A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion → author → Richard Mead ⓘ
linked to: Dr. Richard Mead