Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons

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guild livery company professional association

The Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons is a historic London guild that once combined the trades of barbers and surgeons, playing a key role in the early regulation and practice of surgery in England.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Barber-Surgeons' Company	1
Company of Surgeons	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	guild ⓘ livery company ⓘ professional association ⓘ
activity	anatomy lectures ⓘ charitable work ⓘ surgical training ⓘ
associatedWith	Royal College of Surgeons of England NERFINISHED ⓘ history of surgery in England ⓘ
coatOfArms	Arms of the Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolvedOrSplit	1745 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	barbering ⓘ medicine ⓘ surgery ⓘ
foundedBy	Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingDate	1540 ⓘ
grantedRight	to perform dissections on executed criminals ⓘ
hasPart	Barber-Surgeons' Hall garden NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPredecessor	Company of Barbers of London NERFINISHED ⓘ Guild of Surgeons of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSuccessor	Company of Surgeons NERFINISHED ⓘ Worshipful Company of Barbers NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	City of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic livery company ⓘ
historicalRole	combined guild of barbers and surgeons ⓘ early regulator of surgery in England ⓘ
inceptionReason	to unite barbers and surgeons under one charter ⓘ
industry	barbering ⓘ surgery ⓘ
jurisdiction	City of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalForm	chartered company ⓘ
location	City of London NERFINISHED ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
monarchCharter	Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
motto	De Praescientia Dei NERFINISHED ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation	By the foreknowledge of God ⓘ
notableBuilding	Barber-Surgeons' Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember	John Caius NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Vicary NERFINISHED ⓘ William Harvey NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalFunction	apprenticeship supervision ⓘ licensing of practitioners ⓘ regulation of barbers ⓘ regulation of surgeons ⓘ training of surgeons ⓘ
partOf	Livery Companies of the City of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
separatedFrom	Company of Surgeons NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal College of Surgeons of England NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Livery companies of the City of London → hasPart → Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons ⓘ

Royal College of Surgeons of England → hasPredecessor → Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Company of Surgeons

Royal College of Surgeons of England → hasPredecessor → Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barber-Surgeons' Company