Surgeon and anatomist. Born Norfolk. Studied at St Thomas's. 1800 he was appointed surgeon to Guy's Hospital. Fellow of the Royal Society. Professor of comparative anatomy to the Royal College of Surgeons. Died at his surgical practice in Conduit Street, and is buried in the chapel of Guy's Hospital. In his will he endowed an essay competition at Guy's.
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Sir Astley Paston Cooper
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Keats House at Guy's - bust 4 - Astley Paston Cooper
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Doctor George Scott Williamson
Medical practitioner and biologist. Born in Ladybank, Fife. He worked on thyroid research at the Royal Free Hospital, with Innes Pearse who he later married. Together they developed the 'Peckham Ex...
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Dr. James Cope
Medical adviser to City Companies, with an interest in history, particularly John Wilkes. Cope promoted the erection of the statue.
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Anna Freud
Pioneer of child psychoanalysis.  Born Vienna, the sixth and last child of Sigmund.  Was on holiday in England in 1914 when war was declared and she had to return home.  After nursing her father i...
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Bromley by Bow Health Centre opened
The Bromley by Bow Centre grew out of a church group.  In 1997 they opened the Healthy Living Centre which includes an NHS surgery, a cafe (very reasonably priced with great home-made cake on the d...
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