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Richard Partridge FRS, FRCS (19 January 1805; Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire – 25 March 1873; London) was a British surgeon. Although he became President of both the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, he is best known for his part in apprehending the London Burkers gang and for failing to spot a bullet lodged in Giuseppe Garibaldi's leg. He was the tenth child and youngest son of twelve children of Samuel Partridge, a Glaswegian merchant who moved to Ross-on-Wye in his retirement. His eldest brother was the portrait painter, John Partridge.〔(Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online: Partridge, Richard (1805–1873) ) (accessed 19 August 2007)〕〔(Power D'A. 'Partridge, Richard (1805–1873)' (Bryan BA, revd), ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press; 2004) ) (accessed 23 August 2007)〕〔(Ormond R. (1967) John Partridge and the Fine Arts Commissioners ''Burlington Magazine'' 109: 397–403 ) (accessed 19 August 2007)〕 ==Education and career== Partridge was apprenticed to his uncle, W.H. Partridge, in Birmingham in 1821, where he acted as dresser to the well-known surgeon Joseph Hodgson, who was later another President of the Royal College of Surgeons. He studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London from 1827, attending lectures by John Abernethy.〔〔 The same year, he became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and a licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries.〔 His early positions included demonstrator of anatomy at the Windmill Street School of Medicine, demonstrator of anatomy (1831–36) and professor of descriptive and surgical anatomy at King's College (from 1836), and assistant and full surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital (1836–40).〔〔 In 1840, he was appointed surgeon at the newly established King's College Hospital, a position he held until 1870. From 1853, he also held the position of professor of anatomy at the Royal Academy.〔〔 Partridge was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1837.〔(The Royal Society: Sackler Archive Resource: Partridge; Richard (1805–1873) ) (accessed 19 August 2007)〕 He was one of the three hundred original fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons, serving as vice-president in 1865 and president in 1866. He also served as vice-president (1847–48) and president (1863–64) of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Partridge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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