Humphrey Ridley
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Humphrey Ridley | |
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| Born | 1653 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Died | 1708 (aged 54–55) |
| Burial place | St Andrew Holborn |
| Education | Merton College, Oxford Leiden University |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | His studies of neuroanatomy His Goulstonian Lecture |
| Medical career | |
| Field | Neuroanatomy |
| Notable works | The Anatomy of the Brain |
Dr Humphrey Ridley (1653 – April 1708) was an English physician who followed the research done by Willis, Vieussens, and Galen, and who is most noted for his studies of neuroanatomy.[1][2]
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Ridley was born the son of Thomas Ridley, in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. In 1671, aged 18, he began his studies in medicine at Merton College, Oxford, but from there didn't get a degree. Instead, Ridley graduated as a doctor of medicine from Leiden University in 1679 with a thesis on sexually transmitted diseases with the title “De lue venerea," after which in 1688 he was incorporated as MD at Cambridge. After settling in London, he became a Candidate of the College of Physicians on 30 September 1691, and then admitted as a fellow on the same day the following year. In 1693/4, he gave the Gulstonian lectures.[3]
Ridley died in April 1708, and was buried at St Andrew's, Holborn on 9 April.
