Dr Humphrey Ridley (1653 – April 1708) was a British physician, who followed the research done by Willis, Vieussens, and Galen, and is most noted for his studies of neuroanatomy.[1][2]
Humphrey Ridley | |
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| Born | 1653 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Died | 1708 (aged 54–55) |
| Burial place | St Andrew Holborn |
| Education | Merton College, Oxford Leiden University |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | His studies of neuroanatomy His Goulstonian Lecture |
| Medical career | |
| Field | Neuroanatomy |
| Notable works | The Anatomy of the Brain |
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Life edit
Ridley was born the son of Thomas Ridley, in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. In 1671, aged 18, he began his studies in medicine at Merton College, Oxford, but from there didn't get a degree. Instead, Ridley graduated as a doctor of medicine from Leiden University in 1679 with a thesis on sexually transmitted diseases with the title “De lue venerea," after which in 1688 he was incorporated as MD at Cambridge. After settling in London, he became a Candidate of the College of Physicians on 30 September 1691, and then admitted as a fellow on the same day the following year. In 1693/4, he gave the Gulstonian lectures.[3]
Ridley died in April 1708, and was buried at St Andrew's, Holborn on 9 April.
Works edit
Notes edit
^ 8 volumes, London, 1695. This was also the first book to be written about the brain in the English language.[5]
^ 8 volumes, London, 1703, containing cases of a variety of disorders and ten bodily dissections.[6]
References edit
- ^ Veith, Philip; Watanabe, Koichi; Shoja, Mohammadali M.; Blaak, Christa; Loukas, Marios; Tubbs, R. Shane (29 January 2013). "Humphrey Ridley (1653-1708)". Clinical Anatomy. 28 (1): 12–15. doi:10.1002/ca.22228. ISSN 0897-3806. PMID 23362140. S2CID 25029215.
- ^ Thakur, Jai Deep; Sonig, Ashish; Chittiboina, Prashant; Khan, Imad Saeed; Wadhwa, Rishi; Nanda, Anil (2012). "Humphrey Ridley (1653-1708): 17th century evolution in neuroanatomy and selective cerebrovascular injections for cadaver dissection". Neurosurgical Focus. 33 (2): E3. doi:10.3171/2012.6.FOCUS12139. ISSN 1092-0684. PMID 22853834.
- ^ Moore, Norman. "Ridley Humphrey". Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900. 48.
- ^ "Munks Roll Details for Humphrey Ridley". munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ Veith, Philip; Watanabe, Koichi; Shoja, Mohammadali M.; Blaak, Christa; Loukas, Marios; Tubbs, R. Shane (2015). "Humphrey Ridley (1653-1708): forgotten neuroanatomist and neurophysiologist". Clinical Anatomy. 28 (1): 12–15. doi:10.1002/ca.22228. ISSN 1098-2353. PMID 23362140. S2CID 25029215.
- ^ Aikin, John (1813). General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order, Volume 8. p. 556. Retrieved 16 June 2020.