Addison, Thomas

1793 - Born on April in Longbenton, Northumberland.

1812 - He entered the University of Ediburgh as a medical student.

1818 - He received the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

        - He moved from Edinburgh to London the same year and became a house surgeon (a surgical resident)

               at the Lock Hospital.

1819 - He obtained his licentiateship in the Royal College of Physicians.

1824 - He was promoted to assistant physician on the 14th of January.

1827 - He was appointed lecturer of materia medica.

1835 - He was joint lecturer with Richard Bright on practical medicine.

1837 - He became a full physician at Guy's Hospital.

1840 - He became sole lecturer when Bright retired from the lectureship.

1854 - He held this position as a sole lecturer.

        - He was one of the most respected physicians at the Guy's Hospital where he exerted a great deal

                 of influence, devoting himself almost wholly to his students and patients.

1860 - He suffered from many episodes of marked depression that contributed to his retirement.

1860 - He committed suicide on the 29th of June at the age of 72.