Quo Fuit places 13 dated presences for Charles Bell across 9 places, from 1774 to 1842.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sir Charles Bell (12 November 1774 to 28 April 1842) was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, neurologist, artist, and philosophical theologian.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Charles Bell was documented, and when
12 November 1774exact date
Edinburghattested“Charles Bell was born in Edinburgh on 12 November 1774, as the fourth son of the Reverend William Bell, a clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church.”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
1798year
Edinburghattested“In 1798, Bell graduated from the University of Edinburgh and soon after was admitted to the Edinburgh College of Surgeons where he taught anatomy and operated at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
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Edinburgh Royal Infirmaryattested“In 1798, Bell graduated from the University of Edinburgh and soon after was admitted to the Edinburgh College of Surgeons where he taught anatomy and operated at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
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University of Edinburghattested“In 1798, Bell graduated from the University of Edinburgh and soon after was admitted to the Edinburgh College of Surgeons where he taught anatomy and operated at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
1798year
Edinburgh Collegeattested“In 1798, Bell graduated from the University of Edinburgh and soon after was admitted to the Edinburgh College of Surgeons where he taught anatomy and operated at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
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Battle of Corunnaattested“In 1809, Bell was among a number of civilian surgeons who volunteered to attend to the many thousands of ill and wounded soldiers who had retreated to Corunna, and 6 years later he again voluntarily attended to the ill and wounded in the…”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
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Londonattested“Bell was instrumental in the creation of the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, and became, in 1824, the first professor of Anatomy and Surgery of the College of Surgeons in London.”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
1835year
Middlesex Hospitalattested“For the next seven years, Bell gave clinical lectures at the Middlesex Hospital and in 1835 he accepted the position of the Chair of Surgery at the University of Edinburgh following the premature death of Prof John William Turner.”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
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University of Edinburghattested“For the next seven years, Bell gave clinical lectures at the Middlesex Hospital and in 1835 he accepted the position of the Chair of Surgery at the University of Edinburgh following the premature death of Prof John William Turner.”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
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Edinburghattested“Bell died at Hallow Park in Worcestershire, while travelling from Edinburgh to London, in 1842.”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
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Hallow, Worcestershireattested“Bell died at Hallow Park in Worcestershire, while travelling from Edinburgh to London, in 1842.”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
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Londonattested“Bell died at Hallow Park in Worcestershire, while travelling from Edinburgh to London, in 1842.”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
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Worcestershireattested“Bell died at Hallow Park in Worcestershire, while travelling from Edinburgh to London, in 1842.”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
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Edinburghmentioned“Charles Bell grew up in Edinburgh, and attended the prestigious High School (1784–88).”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
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University of Edinburghmentioned“In 1792, Charles Bell enrolled at the University of Edinburgh and began assisting his brother John as a surgical apprentice.”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
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Middlesex Hospitalmentioned“In 1813–14, he was appointed as a member of the London College of Surgeons and as a surgeon at the Middlesex Hospital.”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
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Royal Hospital Haslarmentioned“In addition to his domestic pursuits, Bell also served as a military surgeon, making elaborate recordings of neurological injuries at the Royal Hospital Haslar and famously documenting his experiences at Waterloo in 1815.”source: Wikipedia: Charles Bell
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