George Pinckard
George Pinckard M.D. (1768–1835) was an English physician, known as an author, an abolitionist, and in the field of insurance.[1]
Life
The son of Henry Pinckard of Handley Hall,
On 30 September 1794 Pinckard was admitted a licentiate of the
Pinckard was in Ireland during the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and served on the staff of General Samuel Hulse. He was promoted for his services to the rank of deputy inspector-general of hospitals, and had part of the direction of the medical service in the Duke of York's expedition to Den Helder. On his return he took a house in Great Russell Street, then moved to Bloomsbury Square, London, and resided there till his death. He established the Bloomsbury Dispensary, and was physician to it for thirty years.[2] In 1823 he formulated the idea of insuring lives beyond the normal bounds, from a medical standpoint, leading to the foundation in 1824 of Clerical Medical.[3] He was chairman and a director from its foundation in 1824 to his death in 1835.[4][2]
Pinckard suffered from
Works
In his Notes on the West Indies (3 vols. 1806; 2nd ed. 2 vols. 1816), Pinckard described his experiences in the West Indies and
Notes
- ^ "lloydsbankinggroup.com, Clerical Medical (est. 1824)". Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 45. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ The Bankers' Magazine. Waterlow. 1851. p. 534. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ www.lloydsbankinggroup.co Our Heritage: Clerical Medical
- ISBN 978-0-547-52695-9. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Pinckard, George". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 45. London: Smith, Elder & Co.