Richard Mead

(1673-1754)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Mead, Richard, 1673-1754 NRA: Mead, Richard (1673-1754) Physician DNB: Mead, Richard (1673–1754), physician and collector of books and art LBT ID: RiMead1754 VIAF ID: 45083556 LOC ID: n50013669	B/BAP: 1673-08-11 DIED: 1754-02-16
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Educated at the University of Leiden, he was an English physician, writer on medicine, and virtuoso who collected books and art.
REFERENCES TO Richard Mead: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. VIII. 1771-1776 Found 1: ¶ 16 Ch XI. 1816-1820 Found 2: ¶ 3 ¶ n1