Frederic John Farre
British doctor
Frederic John Farre (16 December 1804 – 9 November 1886) was an English physician.
Life
Farre was the second son of John Richard Farre, M.D. He was born in Charterhouse Square, London, and educated at the Charterhouse School, where he was a gold medallist in 1821, and captain in 1822. Having obtained a foundation scholarship at St. John's College, Cambridge, he graduated BA as thirty-second wrangler in 1827. After studying medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, he graduated M.A. in 1830, and M.D. in 1837.
In 1831 he was appointed lecturer in botany at St. Bartholomew's, and in 1854 lecturer in medicine, holding the latter office till 1876. On 23 July 1836 he was elected assistant physician to St. Bartholomew's, and in 1854 full physician.
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