From his early years Thomas followed both literary and scientific pursuits mainly under the influence of his grandfather who recognised his potential and urged that he be given the opportunity of a university education[2]
According to Chalmers'[3] Thomas was of Welsh extraction and began his schooling in Shifnall, Shropshire where he was born. He was soon placed in Brewood Grammar School in Staffordshire, 9 miles away and then Bridgenorth Grammar School, just 11 miles away, where he remained until age 13. Chalmers states Thomas displayed a thirst for knowledge and capacity for study. He had a quiet, reserved disposition which set him apart from his classmates.
In 1773 he was placed under the tutelage of Rev. Samuel Dickenson, rector of Blymhill in Staffordshire a noted clergyman and botanist.
University
Thomas commenced studies at Oxford University by matriculating from St John's College on 15 Nov 1775, aged 15, then going on to Pembroke College where he applied himself with remarkable industry and diligence to the study of modern languages, chemistry, mineralogy, and botany. He gained his B.A. in 1779 and M.A. in 1783 [4][5].
He enrolled in the University of Edinburgh's medical course in early 1780 where he was taught chemistry and natural history[6].
In 1781 he studied medicine under John Sheldon in London where he obtained a thorough understanding of anatomy. In 1784 he published an English translation of Lazzaro Spallanzani's " Dissertations on Natural History" and in 1785 an English translation of Torbern Olof Bergman's " Essays on Elective Attractions"[7].
In 1786 he took his degree of medicine at Oxford University (M.B. and M.D.) .
↑ JACOBS, MAURICE S.THOMAS BEDDOES AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO TUBERCULOSIS. Bulletin of the History of Medicine 13, no. 3 (1943): 300–312. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44440781 (accessed 28 Aug 2022
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↑Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886; their parentage, birthplace and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University Vol. 1
by University of Oxford; Foster, Joseph, 1844-1905, published in 1888, database online (accessed 26 Aug 2022) https://archive.org/details/alumnioxonienses01univuoft/page/85/mode/1up?q=Beddoes
↑Child Birth:
"England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936"
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 5; Piece Number: 27 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2972 #150391062 (accessed 25 August 2022)
Anna Frances Beddoes born to Thomas Beddoes on 24 Dec 1801 in Clifton, Gloucestershire, England.
↑Child Baptism:
"Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
Bristol Archives; Bristol, England; Bristol Church of England Bishop Transcripts of Parish Registers; Reference: EP/V/4/53 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61666 #17287406 (accessed 25 August 2022)
Thomas Beddoes's child Mary Eliza Beddoes baptism on 8 Jan 1809 in Clifton, St Andrew, Gloucestershire.
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