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James Yonge

English naval surgeon · Doctors · Lived 1646 to 1721 · aged 75

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.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

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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.

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Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1646 to 1721 · aged 75