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Akenside, Mark
1721 - Akenside was born in Newcastle on November 9, 1721.
1729 - Studied theology in Edinburgh and after one winter he changed to medicine.
1740 - Elected as a member of the Medical Society of Edinburgh and printed his "Ode on the Winter Solstice" in a small volume of poems.
1741 - Left Edinburgh and began to practice his profession as a surgeon.
1744 - Published his "Epistle to Curio" to attacked William Pulteney.
1746 - Wrote "Hymn to the Naiads" which was much-praised and became a contributor to Dodsley's Museum. At the age of twenty-five years old, he was already an acute and learned physician.
1753 - Worked as a M.D. at the University of Cambridge.
1754 - Elected as a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
1759 - Appointed assistant physician to Christ's Hospital and after two months he became principal physician.
1770 - Died on June 23, 1770.
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