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John Radcliffe (physician)

John Radcliffe
Member of Parliament for Bramber
In office
20 March 1690[1] – 11 October 1695[1]
MonarchWilliam III
Preceded byJohn Alford
Succeeded byNicholas Barbon with William Stringer
Member of Parliament for Buckingham
In office
12 November 1713[2] – 1 November 1714[3]
MonarchAnne I
Preceded byThomas Chapman
Succeeded byAlexander Denton and Abraham Stanyan
Personal details
Born
John Radcliffe

1650
Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
Died1 November 1714(1714-11-01) (aged 63–64)
Political partyTory
Alma materUniversity College, Oxford, Lincoln College, Oxford

John Radcliffe (1650 – 1 November 1714[3]) was an English physician, academic and politician. A number of landmark buildings in Oxford, including the Radcliffe Camera (in Radcliffe Square), the Radcliffe Infirmary, the Radcliffe Science Library,[4] Radcliffe Primary Care and the Radcliffe Observatory were named after him. The John Radcliffe Hospital, a large tertiary hospital in Headington, is also named after him.

  1. ^ a b "The History of Parliament, 1690". historyofparliamentonline.org. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  2. ^ "The History of Parliament, 1713". The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b "RADCLIFFE, John (1653–1714), of Wolverton, Bucks., and Carshalton, Surr". The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  4. ^ "History of the Radcliffe Science Library and Collections". Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

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