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Born: 1783
Died: 1858
Postnominals: MRCS
1806, FRS 1813; student of Astley Cooper at Guy's Hosp; surgeon to London Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye, 1810-16, where he was joined by LAWRENCE in 1814; surgeon to St Thomas's Hosp, 1815; pres Hunterian Soc, 1827; pres Roy Med and Chirg Soc; surgeon extraordinary to Queen Victoria and Surgeon Ordinary to Prince Albert; referred to phrenology as "a beacon of absurdity deriving from a twilight of truth" in his Physiology of Inflammation and the Healing Process (1844): 44. (DNB)
| Identifier | 1127. |
|---|---|
| Type | Person |
| Source | Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989) |
| PDF page | 332 |
| Printed page | 327 |
| Database ID | 3123 |
1127. TRAVERS, Benjamin (1783-1858), MRCS 1806, FRS 1813; student of Astley Cooper at Guy's Hosp; surgeon to London Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye, 1810-16, where he was joined by LAWRENCE in 1814; surgeon to St Thomas's Hosp, 1815; pres Hunterian Soc, 1827; pres Roy Med and Chirg Soc; surgeon extraordinary to Queen Victoria and Surgeon Ordinary to Prince Albert; referred to phrenology as "a beacon of absurdity deriving from a twilight of truth" in his Physiology of Inflammation and the Healing Process (1844): 44. (DNB)