Edward Petronell Manby
Edward Petronell Manby Camb. | |
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| Born | 19 August 1864 |
| Died | 20 September 1929 (aged 65) |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery |
Edward Petronell Manby (1864-1929) was highly regarded medical officer at the
Early life
Edward Manby was born on 19 August 1864, the youngest son of Frederick Manby MD and his wife Catherine Reeve. Manby was born into a family of physicians in East Rudham, Norfolk, where both his father and his grandfather had practised. Along with two of his elder brothers, he attended Epsom College,[1] founded in 1853 to provide a "liberal education" to 100 sons of "duly qualified medical men" for £25 each year.[2] His elder brother, Alan Reeve Manby, was Surgeon-Apothecary In Ordinary to the Prince of Wales at Sandringham and later Physician Extraordinary.[3] His eldest sibling, Frederic Edward Manby was appointed Surgeon to the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire General Hospital[3] and served as Mayor of Wolverhampton, 1888/89.
Career
After leaving Epsom College in 1881,
Family life and death
Manby married when he was 47, in 1912, to Mary Bruce and they had one son, John Edward (Jack) (1914-1993).[4]
Edward Petronell Manby died on 20 September 1929, and is buried with Mary, who died in 1960, on the west side of Highgate Cemetery.
References
- ^ a b c "Biographies 1855-1889" (PDF). www.epsomcollege.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ Salmon, Michael A (1980). Epsom College the First 125 Years. Old Epsomian Club. 145 pages
- ^ a b "Manby, Frederic Edward (1845 - 1891)". Royal College of Surgeons. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ S2CID 5214729. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ Donald, Robert (1897). Municipal Year Book of the United Kingdom. London. p. 75. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
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