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====Biographical Note====
 
====Biographical Note====
Son of [[family::Edward Massey]], of [[location::Rostherne, Cheshire]]. Matriculated at [[education::Brasenose College, Oxford]] 1697, but did not graduate; he was later awarded an MD by the [[education::University of Aberdeen]] in 1720. He became an extra-licenciate of the [[organisations::Royal College of Physicians]] in 1706 ([[occupation::fellow]], 1726), and began practising as a [[occupation::physician]] in [[location::Wisbech]]. Around 1720 he moved to [[location::Stepney]]  and towards the end of his life retired to [[location::Rostherne]]. He became a [[occupation::fellow]] of the [[organisations::Royal Society]] in 1712, and of the [[organisations::Society of Antiquaries]] in 1718.
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Son of [[family::Edward Massey]], of [[location::Rostherne, Cheshire]]. Matriculated at [[education::Brasenose College, Oxford]] 1697, but did not graduate; he was later awarded an MD by the [[education::University of Aberdeen]] in 1720. He became an extra-licenciate of the [[organisations::Royal College of Physicians]] in 1706 ([[occupation::honorary fellow]], 1726), and began practising as a [[occupation::physician]] in [[location::Wisbech]]. Around 1720 he moved to [[location::Stepney]]  and towards the end of his life retired to [[location::Rostherne]]. He became a [[occupation::fellow]] of the [[organisations::Royal Society]] in 1712, and of the [[organisations::Society of Antiquaries]] in 1718.
  
 
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Massey compiled and published a catalogue of the town library of [[location::Wisbech]] in 1718, and a [[format::manuscript]] catalogue of the library of the [[organisations::Royal College of Physicians]] in 1727. he used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 19929), made ca.1720.  
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Massey compiled and published a catalogue of the town library of [[location::Wisbech]] in 1718, and a [[format::manuscript]] catalogue of the library of the [[organisations::Royal College of Physicians]] in 1727. he used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 19929), made ca.1720; the extent and disposition of his library is not known. Some of his correspondence, and other manuscript material, survives in the Sloane Manuscripts in the [[present repository::British Library]].
  
 
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*[https://catalogues.royalsociety.org/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=NA5473&pos=1 Fellows of the Royal Society].
 
*[https://catalogues.royalsociety.org/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=NA5473&pos=1 Fellows of the Royal Society].
 
*[https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/richard-middleton-massey Munk's Roll, Royal College of Physicians].
 
*[https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/richard-middleton-massey Munk's Roll, Royal College of Physicians].
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*Arthur, J. (ed), ''Medicine in Wisbech and the fens'', 1985.
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*''A catalogue of books in the library at Wisbech'', [Cambridge?], 1718, ESTC t14356.
 
*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903.
 
*Gambier Howe, E. R. J. ''Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum''. London, 1903.
 
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Latest revision as of 09:33, 22 September 2022

Richard Middleton MASSEY 1678-1743

Biographical Note

Son of Edward Massey, of Rostherne, Cheshire. Matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford 1697, but did not graduate; he was later awarded an MD by the University of Aberdeen in 1720. He became an extra-licenciate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1706 (honorary fellow, 1726), and began practising as a physician in Wisbech. Around 1720 he moved to Stepney and towards the end of his life retired to Rostherne. He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1712, and of the Society of Antiquaries in 1718.

Books

Massey compiled and published a catalogue of the town library of Wisbech in 1718, and a manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal College of Physicians in 1727. he used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 19929), made ca.1720; the extent and disposition of his library is not known. Some of his correspondence, and other manuscript material, survives in the Sloane Manuscripts in the British Library.

Sources

  • Fellows of the Royal Society.
  • Munk's Roll, Royal College of Physicians.
  • Arthur, J. (ed), Medicine in Wisbech and the fens, 1985.
  • A catalogue of books in the library at Wisbech, [Cambridge?], 1718, ESTC t14356.
  • Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.