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Henry Jeckell Kendrick Vines
Fellow
Date of admission as Member: 1/May/1877
Date of Fellowship admission: 7/May/1878
Henry Jeckell Kendrick Vines studied at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, where he earned his LM in 1869 and won prizes in midwifery, medical jurisprudence, and toxicology. He also held certificates in anatomy, physiology, histology, practical chemistry, botany, and medicine, and authored several publications including 'Consumption, a Brief Popular Consideration of the Disease'. He held posts in Sussex including Physician at St Mary's Cottage Hospital, Surgeon to the East Sussex Constabulary, and Surgeon to the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company. He later emigrated to Australia, practising in Melbourne, Sydney, and Broome, Western Australia, before returning to Britain, where he died in London in 1919.
Year of medical qualification
1869
Type of medical qualification
Licentiate Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
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.