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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instanceOf English physician
human
physician
scholar
associatedWith Alexander Pope
Sir Hans Sloane
surface form: Hans Sloane

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

Stepney
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1754-02-16
deathPlace London, England
surface form: London
educatedAt Oxford
University of Leiden
University of Padua
employer Royal Household of the United Kingdom
surface form: 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 Dr. Richard Mead self-link
surface form: Richard Mead
nationality English
notableWork A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion
A Short Discourse concerning Pestilential Contagion
surface form: 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 Hospital
surface form: Great Ormond Street, London

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