Thomas Beddoes
Thomas Beddoes | |
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Thomas Beddoes, pencil drawing by Edward Bird | |
| Born | 13 April 1760 Shifnal, England |
| Died | 24 December 1808 (aged 48) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Bridgnorth Grammar School |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Oxford, University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | History of Isaac Jenkins |
| Spouse | Anna Maria Edgeworth 1773–1824 |
| Children | Thomas Lovell Beddoes |
Thomas Beddoes (13 April 1760 – 24 December 1808) was an English physician and scientific writer. He was born in Shifnal, Shropshire and died in Bristol fifteen years after opening his medical practice there. He was a reforming practitioner and teacher of medicine, and an associate of leading scientific figures. He worked to treat tuberculosis.
Beddoes was a friend of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and, according to E. S. Shaffer, an important influence on Coleridge's early thinking, introducing him to the higher criticism. The poet Thomas Lovell Beddoes was his son. A painting of him by Samson Towgood Roch is in the National Portrait Gallery, London.