John Radcliffe | |
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Member of Parliament for Bramber | |
In office 20 March 1690[1] – 11 October 1695[1] | |
Monarch | William III |
Preceded by | John Alford |
Succeeded by | Nicholas Barbon with William Stringer |
Member of Parliament for Buckingham | |
In office 12 November 1713[2] – 1 November 1714[3] | |
Monarch | Anne I |
Preceded by | Thomas Chapman |
Succeeded by | Alexander Denton and Abraham Stanyan |
Personal details | |
Born | John Radcliffe 1650 Wakefield, Yorkshire, England |
Died | 1 November 1714 | (aged 63–64)
Political party | Tory |
Alma mater | University College, Oxford, Lincoln College, Oxford |
John Radcliffe (1650 – 1 November 1714[3]) was an English physician, academic and politician. A number of landmark buildings in Oxford, including the Radcliffe Camera (in Radcliffe Square), the Radcliffe Infirmary, the Radcliffe Science Library,[4] Radcliffe Primary Care and the Radcliffe Observatory were named after him. The John Radcliffe Hospital, a large tertiary hospital in Headington, is also named after him.