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Charles Chadwick
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 20/November/1845
Charles Chadwick was born on 19 March 1815 at Chadwick Lodge, Leeds. He graduated MD from the University of Edinburgh on 1 August 1837 with a dissertation on the influence of the nervous system on secretion and nutrition. Chadwick served as senior physician to the Leeds House of Recovery, lectured at the Leeds School of Medicine and received an honorary Doctor of Civil Law from the University of Durham. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 20 November 1845 and died on 30 August 1886.
Year of medical qualification
1/August/1837
Type of medical qualification
MD
Fellowship
The main qualification issued by the College, awarded regularly since the College’s foundation. This qualification was granted based on demonstrated breadth of experience and did not require an individual to pass a certain examination.