Birth and Life

Thomas Hodgkin

physician

Date of birth 17. 8. 1798
Country of birth England

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Death

Date of death 5. 4. 1866
Cemetery Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel
GPS coordinates of the cemetery 32.052737, 34.754242

Details:
Go up the Yefet street and enter a small alley on the left, between numbers 19 and 21. Go to the end, around the house there and you'll see the cemetery. Then find your way in.

Summary from Wikipedia

Thomas Hodgkin was born to a Quaker family in Pentonville, St. James Parish, Middlesex, the son of John Hodgkin.[2] He received private education with his brother John Hodgkin, and in 1816 took a position as private secretary to William Allen.[3] His aim was to learn the trade of apothecary, one of the routes into medicine, and Allen, despite prominence in that business, did not make it possible. They parted, and Hodgkin went to an apothecary cousin, John Glaisyer, in Brighton instead.[4] He inherited property from his great-uncle of the same name, meaning that from age ...

Author of contribution: Janez, published 15. 1. 2016

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Location of the cemetery

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