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Company of Barber-Surgeons

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Company of Barber-Surgeons
Founding of the Society
Year
Authority / Notes
1540
Founded in 1540 by Henry VIII as the Company of Barber-Surgeons. This date is supported by the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE) website.
Seat of the Society
City
Authority / Notes
London
England
This location is supported by the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE) website.
Name of the Society
Dates
Name
Authority
1540 - 1745 Company of Barber-Surgeons The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE) website.
1745 - 1800 In 1745, the surgeons broke away from the barbers to form a separate Company of Surgeons. The barbers formed the Worshipful Company of Barbers, which exists to this day. The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE) website.
1800 - ???? In 1800 it became the Royal College of Surgeons in London . Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE) website.
???? - At some time between 1835 and 1845, the name was changed to Royal College of Surgeons of England. Harvard Univ. cat. lists the following book title: Directions for collecting and preserving animals; addressed by the Board of Curators of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London to professional... with an imprint date of 1835.
Harvard Univ. cat. lists the following book title: Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the fossil organic remains of Mammalia and Aves contained in the Museum of the Royal college of surgeons of England. with an imprint date of 1845.
Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE) Webpage = http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/
Journals of the Society
Years
Full Journal Title
Abbrev.
Indexed
1947 -
(v.1- )
 
A
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
[Harvard Univ. cat; Univ. Chicago cat.; ULS, v.3, p.2457]
 
 

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