John Hunter (surgeon)
(1728-1793)
British surgeon
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John Hunter FRS (13 February 1728 – 16 October 1793) was a British surgeon, one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He was an early advocate of careful observation and scientific method in medicine. He was a teacher of, and collaborator with, Edward Jenner, pioneer of the smallpox vaccine. He paid for the stolen body of Charles Byrne, and proceeded to study and exhibit it against the deceased's explicit wishes. His wife, Anne Hunter (née Home), was a poet, some of whose poems were set to music by Joseph Haydn.
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13 February 1728 Long Calderwood near East Kilbride, Scotland
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| Died |
16 October 1793 (aged 65) London, England
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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