# James Yonge

> James Yonge was a Royal Navy surgeon from Plymouth, England, where his father was a surgeon. He went to sea as an apprentice surgeon as a young boy. Later he joined several voyages with Newfoundland fishing fleets. In his twenties he set up a practice in Plymouth and prospered. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1702 and mayor of Plymouth for 1694 and 1695. He wrote medical textbooks and a journal of his life.

*English naval surgeon*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/james-yonge

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Born:** 1646-05-11
- **Died:** 1721
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

James Yonge was a Royal Navy surgeon from Plymouth, England, where his father was a surgeon. He went to sea as an apprentice surgeon as a young boy. Later he joined several voyages with Newfoundland fishing fleets. In his twenties he set up a practice in Plymouth and prospered. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1702 and mayor of Plymouth for 1694 and 1695. He wrote medical textbooks and a journal of his life.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 29.0
- **Momentum:** 0.3

## Sources
- [James Yonge (surgeon)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Yonge_(surgeon))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6145925)

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