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Hutchinson, Jonathan (1828–1913)

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Sir Jonathan Hutchinson

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Jonathan Hutchinson

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Date, Country, and City of Birth

July 23, 1828, Selby, Yorkshire, England

Date and City of Death

June 26, 1913, Haslemere, Surrey, England

History of Life

Jonathan Hutchinson was born as the second son of a cloth-trading Quaker family of 12 in Selby, Yorkshire. His father was a rich flax merchant. He was educated with his parents’ religious convictions and initially planned a career as a medical missionary. However, in 1848 he became an apprentice to Caleb Williams, an apothecary and surgeon of York, then becoming a student of the York Medical School. In later life, he acknowledged his indebtedness with Thomas Laycock (1812–1876), who was a lecturer in clinical medicine at York for 5 years before moving to Edinburgh as professor of physics.

He received his professional qualification from London Bartholomew’s Hospital in 1850, where he came under the influence of the famous pathologist James Paget...

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  • Alsaidan, M., Simmons, B. J., Bray, F. N., Falto-Aizpurua, L. A., Griffith, R. D., & Nouri, K. (2015). Jonathan Hutchinson – The eponyms physician. JAMA Dermatology, 151, 634.

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  1. Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Via Aristide Gabelli 61, 35121, Padua, Italy

    Fabio Zampieri

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    J.H.J.M. van Krieken

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Zampieri, F. (2016). Hutchinson, Jonathan (1828–1913). In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_3938-1

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