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Robinson Foxley
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 7/May/1805
Robinson Foxley was the son of Thomas Foxley, proctor of the University and professor of moral philosophy at Brasenose College, Oxford. He studied at the University of St Andrews and received his MD in 1804. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1805. He practised medicine in Manchester from about 1779 and was senior surgeon to the Royal Manchester and Salford Volunteer Regiment. Foxley was known for always dressing in black and wearing spectacles, leading some to mistake him for a priest. He never married and died in Manchester on 8 November 1815.
Year of medical qualification
8/October/1804
Date of Licence
5/February/1805
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.