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Thomas Burnaford Harness
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 3/November/1835
Thomas Burnaford Harness was born in Devon in 1802. He became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1822 and obtained his MD from the University of St Andrews in 1835. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in the same year. Harness registered a private practice in Tavistock in 1859 and died in 1885.
Year of medical qualification
28/April/1835
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.