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... Robert Morehead , rector of Easington in the North Riding of York- shire , and brother of William Ambrose More- head [ q . v . ] , was born at Edinburgh in 1807 , and proceeded M.D. there . At Edinburgh his zeal for clinical medicine ...
... Robert Morehead , rector of Easington in the North Riding of York- shire , and brother of William Ambrose More- head [ q . v . ] , was born at Edinburgh in 1807 , and proceeded M.D. there . At Edinburgh his zeal for clinical medicine ...
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... ROBERT MACPHERSON . A. F. R. THE. G. A. A. J. G. A. E. H.-A. A. J. A. .. .. G. A. AITKEN . J. G. ALGER . .. EDWARD HERON - ALLEN . SIR ALEXANDER J. ARBUTHNOT , K.C.S.I. W. A. J. A. . W. A. J. ARCHBOLD . R. B - L .... RICHARD BAGWELL ...
... ROBERT MACPHERSON . A. F. R. THE. G. A. A. J. G. A. E. H.-A. A. J. A. .. .. G. A. AITKEN . J. G. ALGER . .. EDWARD HERON - ALLEN . SIR ALEXANDER J. ARBUTHNOT , K.C.S.I. W. A. J. A. . W. A. J. ARCHBOLD . R. B - L .... RICHARD BAGWELL ...
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Leslie Stephen. THE REV . ROBERT MACPHERSON . A. F. R. THE HON . DUDLEY O. MURRAY . G. G. S. DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY In the latter part of his. J. E. L. JOHN EDWARD LLOYD . .. J. H. L ... THE REV . J. H. LUPTON , B.D. R. M. ...
Leslie Stephen. THE REV . ROBERT MACPHERSON . A. F. R. THE HON . DUDLEY O. MURRAY . G. G. S. DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY In the latter part of his. J. E. L. JOHN EDWARD LLOYD . .. J. H. L ... THE REV . J. H. LUPTON , B.D. R. M. ...
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... Robert Morehead , rector of Easington in the North Riding of York- shire , and brother of William Ambrose More- head [ q . v . ] , was born at Edinburgh in 1807 , and proceeded M.D. there . At Edinburgh his zeal for clinical medicine ...
... Robert Morehead , rector of Easington in the North Riding of York- shire , and brother of William Ambrose More- head [ q . v . ] , was born at Edinburgh in 1807 , and proceeded M.D. there . At Edinburgh his zeal for clinical medicine ...
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... Robert Morehead , D.D. , and brother of Dr. Charles Morehead [ q . v . ] He entered the Madras civil service in 1825 , in 1828 became assistant to the principal collector of North Arcot , and was appointed later in the year registrar of ...
... Robert Morehead , D.D. , and brother of Dr. Charles Morehead [ q . v . ] He entered the Madras civil service in 1825 , in 1828 became assistant to the principal collector of North Arcot , and was appointed later in the year registrar of ...
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