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John GIFFARD

Biography


Name	John GIFFARD (GIFFORD)
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical physician (MD) (?Lecturer in music. Physician to Prince Henry 1612)
Period of medical practice	1596-1647
Place of birth	England (Wiltshire)
Date of birth	c. 1565
Date of death	Sep 1647
Address	?Little Alley without Ludgate 1624. Buried Hornchurch, Essex, 1647.
Other notes	Popish (Gee). LRCP 1598 FRCP 1598. Friend and physician of Camden. Not Venn.

Known London address


	Little Alley without Ludgate
Parish	St Martin Ludgate
Ward	Faringdon Within
Date	1624

College membership


Date of BA	1589
Date of MA	1592
Medical education (university)	Oxford
Medical education (years)	6
Date of license to practise	1596
MB	1598
Date of MD	1598
Date became Licentiate	08/05/1598
Date became Fellow	22/12/1598
Date of Fellowship	1598-1647
Date elected censor	1602-1625
Date made Elect	1620
Date elected Treasurer	1626-1640
Date elected Consiliarius	1632-1646
Date elected President	1628-1628
Offices held	Ce 1602,09,17,20-2,25. T 1626-7,34-5,37,39-40. Co 1632-3,35-7,39-46
Other notes	MA Oxon by 14/10/1596; MD Oxon by 22/12/1598.
Date of birth	c.1565
Date of death	Sep 1647