John Coakley Lettsom
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John Coakley Lettsom FRS was a British physician and philanthropist born on Little Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands in a Quaker settlement. The son of a West Indian planter and an Irish mother, he grew up to be an abolitionist.
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John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1 Nov 1815), physician, with his family in his garden at Grove Hill, Camberwell, Surrey. Oil painting by unknown English artist, c. 1786 Wellcome Library
The house where J.C. Lettsom was born
Lettsom's villa at Grove Hill, Camberwell
The Ring Parakeet (ring-necked parakeet, Psittacula krameri) painted by Lettsom in 1757
The naturalist's and traveller's companion, 1774Awards 2
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John Coakley Lettsom FRS was a British physician and philanthropist born on Little Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands in a Quaker settlement. The son of a West Indian planter and an Irish mother, he grew up to be an abolitionist. He founded the Medical Society of London in 1773, convinced that a combined membership of physicians, surgeons and apothecaries would prove productive. As the oldest such in the United Kingdom, it is housed in London's medical community at Lettsome House, Chandos Street, near Cavendish Square. Lettsom was its mainstay, as founder, president and benefactor.
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